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4th January, 2013
Slums, schools and neocolonialism
The reductionism of compassionate neocolonialism exists then in its lack of examination of the “uncaring rest” - the Indians and Pakistanis that allow the slum or the school-less village to exist.
The reductionism of compassionate neocolonialism exists then in its lack of examination of the “uncaring rest” - the Indians and Pakistanis that allow the slum or the school-less village to exist.
4th March, 2012
The lives behind new hit book on Mumbai slums
MUMBAI: In her Mumbai shack, Manju Waghekar wonders if she will regret revealing the grim secrets of corruption, alcoholism and death among her friends and…
MUMBAI: In her Mumbai shack, Manju Waghekar wonders if she will regret revealing the grim secrets of corruption, alcoholism and death among her friends and…
7th November, 2011
School on a bus brings classes to Indian slums
HYDERABAD: On a hot afternoon, a bright orange bus drives into a slum area of the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, parking amidst shelters made…
HYDERABAD: On a hot afternoon, a bright orange bus drives into a slum area of the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, parking amidst shelters made…
14th August, 2011
Rest in peace? Mumbai runs out of space for dead
MUMBAI: Simple marble gravestones lie flat in the grounds of St Andrew’s Church in Bandra, one of the oldest Roman Catholic places of worship in…
MUMBAI: Simple marble gravestones lie flat in the grounds of St Andrew’s Church in Bandra, one of the oldest Roman Catholic places of worship in…
5th March, 2011
Mumbai slum fire destroys home of Slumdog actor
MUMBAI: A fire in a Mumbai slum destroyed the one-room shack of “Slumdog Millionaire” child actress Rubina Ali, leaving her family homeless, Ali said. The…
MUMBAI: A fire in a Mumbai slum destroyed the one-room shack of “Slumdog Millionaire” child actress Rubina Ali, leaving her family homeless, Ali said. The…
21st November, 2010
As India rises, its rat catchers toil in darkness
MUMBAI: Sabid Ali Sheikh stands on a prairie of trash — old onions, excrement, animal bones — slowly rotting its way back into an earth…
MUMBAI: Sabid Ali Sheikh stands on a prairie of trash — old onions, excrement, animal bones — slowly rotting its way back into an earth…
