The 'great' Mughals now have descendants battling poverty: Story of Bahadur Shah Zafar's great-granddaughter-in-law
Sultana Begum, the great-granddaughter-in-law of the last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar, now lives in poverty in Kolkata ...
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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 in a slum on the outskirts of Kolkat ...
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Seeing the new India through the eyes of an invisible woman
Kolkata, India (CNN ... the World Bank's median poverty line. And 21%, or more than 250 million people, survive on less than $2 a day. Like other middle-class Indians, I grew up knowing ...
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Malayali artist A Ramachandran saw poverty for the first time in Kolkata. It changed his art
Ramachandran attributed these dark themes to his early influences, including reading Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky and witnessing poverty living in Kolkata. Recalling a striking contrast ...
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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Kolkata's ‘Mechanic Didi' breaks barrier: Meet 52-year-old Sonali Mistry
In a city filled with garages, one auto repair shop stands out in Kolkata. What makes this garage ... Despite facing poverty and hardship, she persevered and has become a skilled mechanic.
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The inequality of heat
Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Annie Gowen, Niko Kommenda, Anant Gupta and Atul Loke traversed Kolkata ...