Pinki Haryan's childhood was miserable and difficult but she was determined to transform her life. With unwavering resolve, ...

Here's the remarkable life journey of Pinki Haryan, who once begged on the streets of Mcleodganj and scavenged for food from ...

Meet woman, daughter of street vendor, who lived in slums, faced extreme poverty, now works at Microsoft as a... Currently, Shaheena Attarwala is a Principal Design Manager at Microsoft where she ...

She lives in a slum in the shadow of Quest ... the World Bank's median poverty line. And 21%, or more than 250 million people, survive on less than $2 a day. Like other middle-class Indians ...

Slum tourism, a controversial practice where tourists visit impoverished urban areas, has gained attention for its complex relationship with urban poverty. This phenomenon raises questions about ...

Livelihood bets on a backdrop of poverty, anarchy, prostitution, lack of basic amenities among a myriad of social complexities. A walk within the slum actually reveals the complex nature of life ...

The developing world is becoming more urban. Some observers see this as the unwelcome precursor to new poverty problems, such as urban slums blossoming in congested cities. Yet others see it as a ...