It makes some people fall sick, it gives others focus. Some people hate it, others love it. What deadlines do to different kinds of people

Meet toys missionary Devendra Shivlal Desai, who has set up 272 toy libraries in India.

Families from countries in conflict who have sought political refuge in India inform us of a curious fortune—despite everything we are lucky to be Indians. We don’t have to flee our own country

Some parents do not send their children to school because they believe it is a destructive concept. These kids pick up things as they grow up talking to animals, running freely through villages and observing the whole world around them

The rare celestial event on 22 July, a total solar eclipse, is creating a flutter across the country among superstitious loonies and no-nonsense astronomers alike

If the purpose of the Poverty Line is to make India look less miserable on paper, the Government might as well pull random numbers out of a hat and call them statistics

Why Indian girls talk so much about bikinis but don’t wear them

“I try not to judge potential suitors by the incredible amount of tartar, chipped tooth or stained filling they display”

Panchkunwar Kairvat tells us more about her life and views

Here’s Anil Kairvat’s take on movies, extraterrestrial life and condoms