Marana Gaana Viji (second from left) and other members of Maathi Yosi. “But we refuse to let life bring us down. We go where we want, do what we want. We just do it all a little slower than a person ...

The death rap singer: Viji is known for his powerful marana gaana' performances. He was a teenager when he sang about death at a fishing hamlet near Marina. At the end of the two-hour performance at a ...

Living in proximity with death has sculpted this intriguing man. A physically challenged boy forsaken to the streets by parents and society, he eventually found home in a cemetery, scrapping out a ...

This report is the fourthof a 12-part series on the changing face of the Indian slum, chronicling stories of new social and economic trends in our impoverished neighbourhoods Gaana, born in the narrow ...