Krishna Pujari was ready to go home. It was nearing midnight at the Mumbai restaurant where he was pulling long shifts to put himself through school. Just as he was preparing to clock out for the ...

Dharavi, in central Mumbai, is considered one of the largest slums in Asia, but deep within this neighborhood, below the shanty grey roofs, loosely comprised of scavenged, upcycled metal, lives a ...

ANGELA Saurine explores India's largest slum - Dharavi in Mumbai - on Hindu New Year. There's no school today as it's a public holiday and bright-eyed children excitedly cry "Happy Diwali!" and shake ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover startups & enterprises in India and the UAE. As roughly half a million tourists poured into Rio for the Summer Olympics, ...

Poorism can seem ugly when it's thought of as simply gawking at the poor as they go about their daily business. Harold Goodwin, professor at the International Centre for Responsible Tourism, recalled ...

Thousands of tourists visit Costa Rica every year and load onto buses to see the country’s famous beaches, volcanoes and rainforests. And on their way, they might pass by Costa Rica’s most unlikely ...

There's a scene in "Slumdog Millionaire" when a group of American tourists ask to visit the "real India." They drive up to a slum in a Mercedes and take a walking tour -- only to find their tires ...

Sauntering through the busy streets filled with beautiful pottery, fine leather, exquisite puppetry, and sparkling sarees, I came across a man sitting by the side of the road. Noticing I was by myself ...