Transgenders break new ground in Chhattisgarh in a state government initiative

Driven to desperation by debt, an Aurangabad farmer seeks government permission to kill himself

Omkar Khandekar meets the transformed policeman at his village in Madhya Pradesh

Cycling to a Hindu commune in the Welsh countryside

The truth about Shani Shingnapur, the village without doors and locks

Back to back arrests of three accused who had been absconding for 13 years brings one of India’s most volatile datelines back into focus. Strangely, they seem to have been right under the noses of the police all this while

The disquiet among Muslims in Mumbai

Over two years Baldev Singh murdered at least 16 people and then, after more than a decade, abruptly turned himself over to the police

The Maharashtra government’s decision on madrassas stresses the need for the modernisation of Islamic schools

Who killed Jagendra Singh—and why? Text and photographs by Omkar Khandekar in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh

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