Next to Mumbai's bustling international airport, a boy picks through refuse, looking for pieces he can recycle and sell to support his family of 11. He is a resident of Annawadi, a slum built on a ...

When the sun sets over the narrow lanes of Cheetah Camp and Sathe Nagar, a quiet vigil begins in the slums. Eyes stay alert, ...

When the sun goes down, India's megacity most intense side comes to light. Queer subculture, everyday slum life and spiritual ...

(From right) Mumbai Suburban Guardian Minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha, Mumbai Suburban Collector Nidhi Chaudhary and Bhushan Desphande, Mumbai Suburban district planning officer Broken down and smelly ...

BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS (Random House), by Katherine Boo: This book should come with a warning -- reading it may be hazardous to your rosy view that global capitalism will set the world's ...

MUMBAI: The impact of monsoon deaths in the city affects the poor disproportionately, with 17 in 20 occurring among them, especially those living in slums where poor drainage, sanitation and limited ...

This interview was originally broadcast on Feb. 8, 2012. On Wednesday, Katherine Boo won the National Book Award for nonfiction for Behind the Beautiful Forevers. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist ...

BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity, by Katherine Boo (Random House) This book should come with a warning: Reading it may be hazardous to your rosy view that ...