India

A columnist for the Hindustan Times argues that planners have ignored possible problems with the project in the name of progress.

Millions of migrant workers make a living at intersections, many selling books and earning a tidy profit.

With a booming economy, a population bursting with enthusiasm, and increased investment in infrastructure, the world's largest democracy is moving closer to the world's richest democracy, says Newsweek editor Fareed Zakaria.

Experts estimate that foreign investors can expect to reap over four times more profit in India than in the U.S. or Europe.

With rampant globalization and growth, Indian architects and developers are using as many established planning models as they can -- including 'New Jersey Suburban'.

The Prime Minister's claim that the 21st century will be India's century seems doubtful given the 'squalid' rural village conditions and 'urban hellholes.'

As the world's largest retailer plans to enter the world's fourth-largest retail market, some Indian businesses believe they know something Wal-mart doesn't.

India's massive highway improvement program is changing Indian society in profound ways.

Information technology is finally trickling into rural india but faces major hurdles of inadequate infrastructure, content and usability.

To the dismay of the residents of Udaipur, India, "land sharks" have been taking over the dry beds of the city's famous lakes and developing them.

India's retail industry is undergoing a dramatic transformation as the middle class flocks to shopping malls and foreign investors are poised to move in.

Dharavi, a slum in Mumbai, India, may appear at first to be a squalid concentration of misery. It is also the prosperous home of some 5,000 single-room factories and tens of thousands of entrepreneurs.

After monsoon rains exposed the inadequacies of Mumbai's civic agencies, India's leading newspaper investigates what measures are in place to avoid a repeat of Mumbia's July 27th floods.

With an extended population of 17 million, Mumbai is one of the world's most populous metro areas. An economist offers a solution for reviving the commercial capital of India.

The city is building short ramps to let cars bypass busy intersections. Traffic has improved, but for how long?

Changes in India are leading to different lifestyles and increased materialism in small towns.

Bombay Environmental Action Group succeeds in court action seeking withdrawal of modifications to planning regulations that favored mill owners.

To enter a huge emerging market, large-scale retailers such as Wal-Mart may have to recast themselves.

Bombay's cotton mills are an opportunity for regeneration, not an impediment, says INTBAU India

Poorly planned development has made India's coastlines vulnerable.