MUMBAI (Reuters) - In Nehru Nagar, the teeming Mumbai slum featured in the Golden Globe-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire," the only music heard is on tiny radio sets and the young boys have no ...

MUMBAI, (IANS) – Popular choreographer Ganesh Acharya, who has made the who’s who of Bollywood dance to his steps, recalled his rags to riches journey in the industry. The choreographer said that the ...

KIBERA, Kenya (Reuters) - Crispian Amolo has no electricity or running water and shares a hole-in-the-ground toilet with about 90 people but at least he does not have to scramble for 1,000 Kenyan ...

An estimated 83% of the United States population lives in urban areas, up from 64% in 1950. And experts predict by 2050, 89% of Americans and 68% of the world population will reside in urban areas.

Islamabad, Pakistan — Until about a year ago, Merhia Baraki was a makeup artist for Afghanistan's state-run television network. CBS News met her Tuesday in a park in Pakistan's capital, as she tried ...

Up to 37 million households - a quarter of India's urban population - live in informal housing including slums due to a critical shortage of affordable housing KOLKATA, India, March 7 (Thomson Reuters ...

This video offers a close look inside a Venezuelan slum located near the Brazil border, where residents face extremely harsh living conditions. It explores daily life, limited access to resources, and ...

Divya Khosla Kumar recently talked about her tough experience living in a slum for 20 days while getting ready for a movie role. She recalled how she did daily chores and adjusted to the hard living ...

In 2007, as Jessica Posner prepared for her junior fall semester abroad in Nairobi, Kenya, one of her mentors at Wesleyan University suggested she reach out to Kennedy Odede. Jess’s mentor had ...