Boo, Katherine

Examines and provides real-life accounts of urban poor families living in Bombay, India.

Profiles everyday life in the settlement of Annawadi as experienced by a Muslim teen, an ambitious rural mother, and a young scrap metal thief, illuminating how their efforts to build better lives are challenged by religious, caste, and economic tensions.

Follows a handful of people as they try to find success in the poverty-stricken settlement of Annawadi, which exists in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport in India. Examines the struggles these people overcome on the way to fulfilling their dreams and examines how their experiences reflect on the ongoing transformation of the country as a whole.

Examines and provides real-life accounts of urban poor families living in Mumbai, India.

Examines and provides real-life accounts of urban poor families living in Bombay, India.