Death of model in India puts fashion industry in spotlight...

It was the neighbours in the plush Mumbai suburb of Pali Hill, known for its exclusive anonymity, who notified the police. When local officers forced open the door of Viveka Babajee's apartment, they found the body of the 37-year-old Indian model.

Her death a week ago sparked a media frenzy that – even though every twist and turn of the police investigation so far, and every detail of her personal life, has been picked over in breathless TV news bulletins and front-page splashes – shows little sign of abating this weekend.

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India's rapid economic growth has led to the expansion of its major cities, such as Mumbai, swollen by hundreds of thousands of young people from small towns seeking a career. The resulting social shifts have led to the breakdown of long-established traditions of communal neighbourhood or family life. Full story...

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