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One of India's most squalid slums sits on extremely valuable property. The government has a plan to let private developers build projects for the rich in exchange for free housing, schools and health clinics for the poor. But many long-time residents oppose the plan.

Real estate has plummeted in value in some parts of the world, but in India's capital, it costs a fortune to buy a decent home. Sky-high property prices are producing family feuds over homeownership and cases of people trying to swindle the elderly into parting with their houses — including an unusual case involving a particularly distinguished Indian woman.

Concern is growing over the fate of civilians trapped by war on the island of Sri Lanka. U.N. officials say there's evidence that nearly 3,000 of them have been killed in just two months. The civilians are confined to a strip of land where government forces are trying to inflict an all-out military defeat against the Tamil Tiger separatists.

It's been more than six months since militants sailed from Pakistan, stormed into the Indian city of Mumbai and killed more than 160 people. Indian authorities have an important lead — a young man captured during the attacks who they say was the only gunman to survive. For weeks now, that man has been on trial.

Morning Edition's Grand Trunk Road series makes a stop in Varanasi, one of India's oldest and holiest cities. The Ganges flows along the "ghats," stone steps on the river bank. The Ganges is sacred to Hindus, and it is where old India meets new.

Officials say the Kaliwa Dam will help alleviate an impending water shortage in the capital that's being exacerbated by climate change. But the project is plagued with controversies and questions.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with graphic novelist Daniel Clowes about his much anticipated newest work, Monica.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Chicago-based musician Sen Morimoto, who calls his new album, Diagnosis, a critique of the music industry's habit of commodifying trauma and identity.

Incarcerated teens tell NPR how they landed at detention centers in Maryland.

We heard from young men who are locked up in Maryland for serious crimes like robbery and assault. Now we hear from a key official with a long career in corrections and juvenile services.