Great article by Sonia Faleiro in the New York Times India Ink blog, about the work Pankaj Gupta does in Shivaji Nagar, Deonar, Mumbai.
Like Mumbai, the city where he lives, Pankaj Gupta’s success has been incremental.
Mr. Gupta started working at the age of 13, making paper bags out of old newspapers that he’d sell from [...]

Artist Natalia Rodriguez along with URBZ’s Shyam Kanle and the kids of the Dharavi Shelter have produced this photo novel, which is the first of a series. The story was entirely invented by the kids. This fiction says as much about their reality as about their creativity .
In this series, the kids speak about their [...]

Toronto born band LAL Forest will be playing at the Ambedkar Hall, on MG Road, Dharavi, Mumbai this evening at 7PM. All welcome! For directions see the map.
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Chapel Street, Bandra
Walking through the streets of Mumbai is an intense experience with every excursion being an adventure of its own.
For most people in the city, walking is a banal activity, something they hardly think twice about. However, during the last one month with URBZ, taking a walk through various neighbourhoods in the city has [...]