Residents of an informal settlement in India’s Ahmedabad city work on painting their home with sun-reflective white paint Summer in India’s northwestern metropolis of Ahmedabad was never easy for ...

AHMEDABAD, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Hansaben Rasid knows what it is like to live without a water tap or a toilet of her own, constantly fearful of being evicted by city officials keen on ...

Shalini Mathew (not her real name) thanks a home for women in distress managed by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Tarbes for bringing her out of her trauma. "I used to get up in the middle of night and ...

April 23 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A new website that records the lives and evictions of slum dwellers in the Indian city of Delhi will help address the chronic shortage in affordable and ...

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An innocuously titled Hindi film, “Mrs,” which starkly depicts the typical Indian housewife’s grueling burden of domestic chores in a patriarchal home, has sparked heated debates on women’s rights and ...

Next City looks at how, amid soaring temperatures and floods, women in India's cramped informal settlements are replacing their homes with sustainable, heat-proof alternatives. Summer in India's ...