"I'm very happy (with) myself that before I used to stay in a hut, but now I have (a) nice house for myself, and now I will take a very big house for my family on rent." “Now I'm in 10th standard. So, ...

Residents of an informal settlement in India’s Ahmedabad city work on painting their home with sun-reflective white paint Summer in India’s northwestern metropolis of Ahmedabad was never easy for ...

The re-settlement site in Perumbakkam is the newest of three colonies built by Tamil Nadu state in India to house slum dwellers. More than 52,000 families have been relocated to sites on the outskirts ...

BHUBANESWAR/MUMBAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Once known as Temple City for its ancient Hindu temples, Bhubaneswar in the eastern Indian state of Odisha aims to reposition itself as a hub ...

Bipinkumar Padaya (C) live in a one-storey home crammed into a tangle of alleys - Copyright ENGINEER JEROME MARTINEZ/AFP Handout Bipinkumar Padaya (C) live in a one ...

Across India’s bustling cities, a crisis of staggering proportions is unfolding, largely unseen and uncared for by those who don’t wish to notice. As India strides toward modernization and ...

Residents of an informal settlement in India’s Ahmedabad city work on painting their home with sun-reflective white paint. (Photo courtesy Mahila Housing Trust) This is your first of three free ...