Mumbai Chawls

A view of Dharavi slums, Mumbai. A redevelopment project for Dharavi slum is stuck for over a decade

How Fast-Tracking Of Redevelopment Projects Brought Haze To Mumbai’s Skyline, Displacement To People’s Lives

BY Haima Deshpande

Elevator To The Burroughs: The Growing Housing Crisis In Mumbai

Elevator To The Burroughs: The Growing Housing Crisis In Mumbai

BY Vyjayanthi V. Rao

Mills And Boom: Mumbai’s Social Fabric And The Ubiquitous Chawls

Mills And Boom: Mumbai’s Social Fabric And The Ubiquitous Chawls

BY Haima Deshpande

‘Singapores of Girangaon’: How Mumbai Mill Workers Are Fighting For A Home Amid The Real Estate Boom

‘Singapores of Girangaon’: How Mumbai Mill Workers Are Fighting For A Home Amid The Real Estate Boom

BY Neera Adarkar

A view of a quaint mill in Mumbai in the backdrop of the urban cityscape

Keeping Mumbai Mills Alive: Why The Art of Resistance Must Master Time

BY Kushal Poddar

Growing up in a Mumbai chawl

Chawl Crawl: Growing Up In Grunge Mumbai

A game of cricket at Lal Maidan in Mumbai's Parel.

Mumbai’s Chawl Cricket, The Love Of Common People

BY Akshay Sawai

Shattered reality Thane Muncipal Corporation demolished slums alongside Jogila Lake in 2018, leaving

Bulldozers In Mumbai: The Capital Of Crushed Dreams

BY Haima Deshpande

Demolition Diary: 'If I Am Illiterate Today, It Is Fault Of The Government'

Demolition Diary: 'If I Am Illiterate Today, It Is Fault Of The Government'

BY Abhishek Dhale

Scenes from Kamathipura

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‘Ten Rupees’: Manto’s Short Story Explores Sex And Gender Binary

BY Saadat Hasan Manto

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