Ranwar, a 300-year-old village in the heart of Mumbai's Bandra, is getting a facelift. Faced with the pressures of growing urbanization and rising traffic, this initiative aims to preserve the charm ...

NAVI MUMBAI: People from Shirvane village near Panvel in Navi Mumbai carried out a protest against several dance bars and illegal lodges in and out of the village. The villager claimed these illegal ...

Does every dense cluster of low-rise homes in a city qualify as a slum? Most residents of Worli Koliwada, an old fishing village on central Mumbai’s western coast, vehemently disagree. For the past ...

Mumbai, As Mumbai, India's financial capital, witnessed vertical growth over the years with highrises dotting its skyline, some 'gaothans' have held onto their heritage and legacy. HT Image Ranwar, in ...

Mumbai, known as the Dream City, was built on the site of an ancient settlement. The city that never stops is nestled among heritage sites and the sea. However, there is more about this city that is ...

As the Covid-19 pandemic took hold in Mumbai in late March 2020, Yogesh* returned to his village in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district. Unlike other migrant workers whose arduous journeys on foot caught ...

Long before it gave birth to gully boys and slumdog millionaires, long before it doused Rajinikanth cutouts in milk and smiled for slum tourists, long before it became a suffocating maze of shanties ...

Aa far as Ranwar Village legends go, the one about a certain resident with an aptly double-barrelled name of ‘Captain Captain’ is one that stays with me for a long time after I’ve first heard it.

The Koli fishing village of Chimbai sits happily next to a busy district of Mumbai, but how long can this ancient tribe rely on the sea? “His last name is Chimbaikar, my last name is Chimbaikar, ...

Diwale, a small fishing village in Navi Mumbai, is now recognised as the first smart village in this city. No longer are fish being sold in the open. The fisherfolk have a fully equipped market for ...

Tall claims and lofty promises don’t bring development; infrastructure and advancement do. After 75 long years of independence, a large population in Taloja’s Pethali village has finally got the gift ...