Sultana, the great-granddaughter of Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar reduced to a life of poverty; she is alive and lives here in India
Sultana Begum, the great-granddaughter-in-law of the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, lives in a Kolkata slum in stark ...
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A Mughal widow: Her in-laws ruled India, but she lives in a slum, earning less than a domestic worker
Married into the royal family that ruled India for three centuries, Sultana Begum lives in penury in a cramped two-room hut ...
Meet Ashok Talpatra, grew up in poverty, lived in slum, cracked IIT JEE, studied at IIT Bombay, now works as a…., he is from….
While IITs undeniably offer a pathway to life-changing success for many students, opinions do vary on whether they are the ...
Meet Aviral Bhatnagar, grew up in poverty, lived in slum, cracked IIT JEE, studied at IIT Bombay, now works as a…., he is from….
While IITs undeniably offer a pathway to life-changing success for many students, opinions do vary on whether they are the ...
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Mumbai: Over 63,000 tenements in Dharavi surveyed
With more than 63,000 tenements already surveyed - and counting - the present survey has gone well beyond the earlier benchmark of approximately 60,000 ground-floor tenements, officials said.
IIT-B graduate who grew up in slum is now a Google techie in Switzerland. How important are IITs?
Ashok Talpatras journey from a slum to becoming a Staff Software Engineer at Google in Zurich highlights the transformative ...
Students travel to India for 'once-in-a-lifetime' opportunity to help children living in poverty
The experience transformed their perspective on both India and humanity, leaving a life-changing lasting impact on every ...
NGO visits slum on roof of Karnani Estate in central Kolkata, extends help to residents
The Telegraph Online had earlier reported on the people living for seven decades on the sixth floor roof of Karnani Estate on ...
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Mosque-turned-hospital in Hyderabad offers free treatment to slum dwellers
The 25-bed hospital, set up inside Omar-e-Shifa Mosque in Shaheenagar, has been operational for six months and has already ...
Kandivali slum razed twice, residents in limbo
This is not the first time they have found themselves in this predicament. In 2012, the slum was razed, ironically for another road-widening project. While a few families were rehabilitated then, the ...
Priest ends life, asks son in suicide note to ‘save temple’ in Ahmedabad's Kubernagar
A priest, Mahendra Minekar, committed suicide at a temple in Kubernagar, Ahmedabad, allegedly due to the mental torture from authorities and developer ...