Not salary or job title or moving to US: Techie from Mumbai slums shares his proudest moment

Standing in the house he had bought for his father in Mumbai, Hemant Shukla, an Indian IT professional settled in the US, ...
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India's Adani to convert Mumbai slum into modern city despite challenges

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian billionaire Gautam Adani on Thursday said he plans to convert India's largest slum in Mumbai, Dharavi, into a modern city hub, a huge challenge which would require the ...
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One of the world’s richest men wants to transform India’s biggest slum

Mumbai, India (CNN) — When Masoom Ali Shaikh arrived in Mumbai in 1974 as a young man from northern India, the patch of land where he set up shop was “just a creek with no proper road and garbage all ...
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One of Asia’s richest seeks to redevelop notorious Mumbai slum for $10B

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani is eyeing a high-profile slum in Mumbai for his next redevelopment project. Adani is looking at turning the Dharavi slum — made famous by the Oscar-winning film ...
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Adani to start data collection for Mumbai slum redevelopment in February

MUMBAI, Jan 26 (Reuters) - A firm led by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani will start in February to collect the data and biometrics of up to 1 million poor residents as part of the redevelopment of a ...
National Catholic Reporter

Sisters in India seek out and educate migrant children working in slums

Hazeena looked pale and hungry when she came to a kindergarten managed by Catholic nuns in a southern Indian state. A few months earlier, the 7-year-old girl was seen helping her parents in the ...
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One of the world’s richest men wants to transform India’s biggest slum

Almost from the start, Dharavi was defined by its industries: from the traditional potters of Gujarat who began arriving in the late 1800s, to leather tanners from Tamil Nadu and embroidery workers ...