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Plucky security guard dies in Vidyavihar building fire

Mumbai, March 25 -- "I'd talked to him on the phone just a few hours earlier," said a tearful Ujwala Gangan, wife of security guard Uday Gangan, 52, who died on Monday morning. "He had asked me to kee... Read More


Cultures of play: A new book looks at how children play in the city

India, March 24 -- "When I was a child, we would play in the spaces in corridors, foyers and between buildings," said architect Anuj Daga, speaking of his neighbourhood in Goregaon East. "But graduall... Read More


New book takes a look at how children play in the city

MUMBAI, March 24 -- "When I was a child, we would play in the spaces in corridors, foyers and between buildings," said architect Anuj Daga, speaking of his neighbourhood in Goregaon East. "But gradual... Read More


Planned coastal road interchange at Charkop worries residents

India, March 21 -- The residents of Charkop Sector 8 are in for a rude surprise. The interchange of the extended Coastal Road is soon going to make inroads into their neighbourhood, altering forever t... Read More


Coastal road exit worries Charkop Sec 8 residents

MUMBAI, March 21 -- The residents of Charkop Sector 8 are in for a rude surprise. The interchange of the extended Coastal Road is soon going to make inroads into their neighbourhood, altering forever ... Read More


Nahur bridge: Phase 1 almost complete

India, March 20 -- Phase 1 of the Nahur bridge, an important link in the ambitious Goregaon-Mulund Link Road (GMLR), is almost complete. Officials say it will be opened to traffic in a month. The exi... Read More


First phase of Nahur bridge likely to open in April

MUMBAI, March 20 -- Phase 1 of the Nahur bridge, an important link in the ambitious Goregaon-Mulund Link Road (GMLR), is almost complete. Officials say it will be opened to traffic in a month. The ex... Read More


'Just kill us': Ousted gaothan bldg residents allege injustice

MUMBAI, March 19 -- Since Monday, the residents of DSouza Mansion in Santacruz East have been living without electricity and water, waiting it out in the little courtyard of their building. A generato... Read More


1992 Bombay riots: The pictures show consequences of a vicious atmosphere: Justice Srikrishna

India, March 16 -- It's been 32 years, but photojournalist Sherwin Crasto still trembles recalling the violence that rocked Bombay during the 1992 riots and 1993 bomb blasts. As a photographer for a n... Read More


100 years later, villagers in Mulshi satyagraha suffer on, says new book

India, March 15 -- The Mulshi dam satyagraha may have ended over a century ago, but it lives on in the repercussions for Mulshi taluka's 52 villages that were sacrificed to it. A book of 70 essays com... Read More