They have been let into the country but do not have permission to make a living here
09 September 2011A cluster of villages in a remote corner of Meghalaya has a most unusual tradition. The midwives here are male
14 July 2011Michel Sidibé says UNAIDS aims to halve HIV transmission by 2015
11 July 2011Unique to this part of the world, these feral horses are a sight to remember. Especially once you know the secret of their lineage
30 June 2011Dancing in water is about letting go of the human urge to control, says choreographer Chris Lechner
26 May 2011Meet Om Pal, for whom the street outside Mirza Ghalib’s tomb is a canvas
11 May 2011It is not Enid Blyton’s English woods, it is an Indian wholesale market for toys. A glimpse of how Chinese efficiency works wonders with Indian enterprise
06 April 2011Ani Choying Drolma joined a monastery to escape her father’s beatings and found a voice that has now got Warner Brothers lining up
06 April 2011Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle
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