Sultana Begum, the great-granddaughter-in-law of the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, lives in a Kolkata slum in stark ...
They destroyed the economy and cultural sphere to the point that Kolkata has never recovered from that shock, the economist said, but he blamed the 'poverty of aspiration' among people for the ...
In Kolkata, 52-year-old Sonali Mistry defies norms as the city's female two-wheeler mechanic. Known as "Mechanic Didi," she ...
Kolkata, India (CNN ... the World Bank's median poverty line. And 21%, or more than 250 million people, survive on less than $2 a day. Like other middle-class Indians, I grew up knowing ...
Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Annie Gowen, Niko Kommenda, Anant Gupta and Atul Loke traversed Kolkata ...
Sultana Begum, a descendant of the last Mughal emperor, lives in poverty in a Kolkata slum, highlighting the forgotten legacy ...