NEW DELHI, India -- India's poorest souls crowd the banks of the Yamuna in an early morning mist, dumping waste, washing clothes and bathing in one of India's holiest -- and most polluted -- rivers.

New Delhi (CNN) — The bulldozers and government officials arrived just before dawn, tearing down the row of shanties as its bewildered residents watched inconsolably nearby. “We were so frightened,” ...

Until recently, Vikas Gawali lived in a one-room shack with his wife, two daughters, his mother, his older brother and sister-in-law, their children, and another brother—12 people in a single room.

In India, talking about money is still uncomfortable. People are hesitant to disclose income, especially if it’s informal, ...

Mumbai, India — At 7 a.m., Rupali Rao Kilare starts getting ready for the day in the cramped home she shares with five family members. Though the sun has long risen, some alleys remain pitch dark as ...

When people hear “slum,” they imagine poverty and despair, but Dharavi, one of the largest slums in the world, tells a completely different story. In this video, we explore the real Dharavi, located ...

MUMBAI (Reuters) - The first sight for anyone flying into India's richest city is a sea of corrugated and tarpaulin-covered roofs beside a narrow, filth-choked river. Sign up here. It is an aerial ...

As part of Sustainable Development Goals, the United Nations have set targets of upgrading slums and reducing poverty in all its dimensions by 2030. Policies towards improving the living conditions of ...

India’s headline-grabbing $4.2 trillion GDP has made it the fifth-largest economy in the world. On paper, this sounds like an ...

This interview was originally broadcast on Feb. 8, 2012. On Wednesday, Katherine Boo won the National Book Award for nonfiction for Behind the Beautiful Forevers. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist ...