Yesterday's Wall Street Journal carried quite a story. The story discussed the slum tour business -- that's right slum tours -- where the wealthy travel to impoverished communities around the world to ...

Sauntering through the busy streets filled with beautiful pottery, fine leather, exquisite puppetry, and sparkling sarees, I came across a man sitting by the side of the road. Noticing I was by myself ...

There's a scene in "Slumdog Millionaire" when a group of American tourists ask to visit the "real India." They drive up to a slum in a Mercedes and take a walking tour -- only to find their tires ...

Editor's note: Moni Basu, a reporter for CNN.com, was born in Kolkata, India and returns there every year. NEW DELHI (CNN) -- On a recent trip home to India, I heard a German man on my flight remark ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - It's the de rigeur stop off for caring foreign dignitaries. It reached a worldwide audience as a backdrop to the British blockbuster "The Constant Gardener". Any journalist wanting ...

When it comes to their holidays, the wealthy are slumming it -- literally. Switzerland-based luxury-holiday company Kuoni plans to roll out a host of slum visits next spring for educational and ...

A few years ago I was in Sierra Leone, just a week after Angelina Jolie, in her capacity as Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, had visited. The owner of the ...