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Goya love: From India to Japan, a bitter gourd and taste of home

Karela is the crocodile-skinned vegetable nemesis of Indian children, but for one writer it has come to symbolise home.

Goya love - Priyanka Borpujari

Century-old housing in Mumbai succumbs to metro project

Moved on by sprawling transport system, residents of ‘chawl’ reflect on life in tightly-packed but friendly apartments.

Chawls story

Poverty drives India’s ‘rat-hole’ miners into death traps

Twenty days after 15 miners were trapped in an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya state, the search for them goes on.

Rat-hole mine in northeast India

‘Are we stronger now?’ India marks 10 years since Mumbai attacks

On the 10th anniversary of Mumbai attacks, also called 26/11, some wonder if public memory is selective.

Mumbai Terror attacks

One man’s quest to clean Mumbai’s dirtiest beach

The incredible story of Afroz Shah, who led efforts to remove 13 million kg of toxic waste from Versova beach.

Beach clean up in Mumbai

Muslim families look after Kolkata synagogues

Muslim caretakers maintain three synagogues in eastern Indian city, which was once home to a thriving Jewish community.

The Jews in Kolkata came from Baghdad about 220 years ago [Priyanka Borpujari/Al Jazeera]

Saving India’s mothers through mobile phones

Unique mobile messaging service, mMitra, helps poor pregnant women in Mumbai fight against maternal mortality.

Sion Hospital was chosen as the launchpad for the project as it is frequented by the poor [Priyanka Borpujari/Al Jazeera]

Mumbai street musicians hit the right notes

Group seeks to reclaim public spaces for arts by performing at railway stations and entertaining hassled commuters.

The National Streets of Performing Arts now boasts of 30 musicians [Al Jazeera]

Mapping unsafe areas for women in Mumbai

Web-based platform encourages residents of India’s financial capital to report sex crimes and help mark areas as unsafe.

Crowdsourcing has helped to mark out unsafe areas around a railway station in Mumbai

New India law

Workers who dig through human excrement often develop debilitating conditions and medical ailments.

Many workers aren't happy about the new law, as they worry they won't be able to find other jobs [AFP]