That’s not to say that this film, directed by Maren R. Monsen and Nicole Newnham, is irrepressibly rosy. It spends three years tracking four children, and the stories don’t all end happily. Of course, ...

According to the national Census held in 2011 in India, metropolitan Kolkata is home to over 14 million people.

Over the years, both central and state governments have launched multiple programmes and policies to facilitate slum redevelopment in India. This has often taken place through two methods, either ...

Residents of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) have criticised a sequence in The Avengers that features the city's slums. In the film, The Hulk's alter ego Dr. Bruce Banner, played by Mark Ruffalo, is seen ...

Amlan Ganguly is a visionary. This lawyer-turned-community activist is not only changing a neighborhood, but also changing the way its youngest residents envision their lives. In this character-driven ...

KOLKATA: (Jan 7) A fire broke out at a slum at Nonadanga in the city's eastern part on Wednesday evening, rendering several families homeless, an official said. The fire broke out at the Matangini ...