The World’s Largest Community of Street Performers Is About to Be Torn Apart
Planners have decreed that the famed Kathputli Colony in India’s capital, New Delhi, is to make way for luxury flats and shops
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Indian Hospitals Are Doing a Roaring Trade in Medical Tourists From Afghanistan
With healthcare in their own country in a parlous state, Afghans who can afford it go overseas for treatment
Too Many Indian Newborns Are Dying, Especially in New Delhi
The Indian capital comes off badly in a new report on infant mortality
India Finally Allows Minorities To Adopt Children With Full Rights
Ruling to allow Christians and Muslims to adopt brings fresh hope to around 12 million Indian orphans
Sex, Lies and Hinduism: Why A Hindu Activist Targeted Wendy Doniger’s Book
Dinanath Batra has arm-twisted publisher Penguin India into recalling and destroying American scholar Wendy Doniger’s book, The Hindus: An Alternative History. Here’s why he has a problem with it
Delhi’s Air Has Become a Lethal Hazard and Nobody Seems to Know What to Do About It
The Indian capital is starting to make polluted nightmares like Beijing and Shanghai look like havens of clean air and vitality
What the Death of Nido Taniam Tells Us About Racism in India
An influx of migrants from India’s ethnically distinct northeast has sparked racial tension, and now deadly violence, in big cities like Delhi
Rahul Gandhi’s First TV Interview Angers Sikhs, Who Stage Furious Protest
Comments on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots prompt calls for action against Congress leaders
37% of All the Illiterate Adults in the World Are Indian
Though literacy rates are improving, population growth keeps illiterate numbers high
Indian Village Tribunal Orders Gang Rape of Woman
The 20-year-old is brutally violated as ‘punishment’ for a love affair
Indian Dancing Kid Storms Internet With Bollywood Moves
Akshat Singh, AKA ‘Fat Indian Kid’ has become a viral sensation
Public Backlash Forces New Delhi Chief into Embarrassing Protest Climbdown
Arvind Kejriwal ends his much-criticized sit-in outside the Indian Parliament to demand police reform after criticism from voters and media
New Delhi Chief Stages 10-Day Street Protest Urging Police Reform
Arvind Kejriwal slept on the pavement on Monday night as part of a ten-day protest to demand police reform that is quickly losing public support