The rapid development of cities can be attributed to urbanization, one can argue. Trading benefits, technological progression, and better life opportunities has brought people flooding into cities from the country side in search of work and better education for their children. Yet not all find themselves in better hands. Some of them are unable to [...]
Reporting from Chennai Slums
June 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment
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It’s not always ‘Slumdog Millionaire’
May 23rd, 2009 · No Comments
Just near the famous Marina beach is Nochikuppam slum that houses 13 hundred huts where around 5 thousand people live below poverty level. Among them is 35 year old Nandani who sells fish to earn her living. The scorching heat of the summer makes her life more difficult as her husband can’t find fishes in [...]
Tags: Economic Reporting · Health · Poverty
