200 Muslim families of two UP villages make the kalainara, the holy thread of Hindus.
For urban Indians and NRIs who want a slice of their rural past, Pradeep Lokhade brings their villages to them.
A small but immensely popular eatery in Kerala serves food made by some home experts—three housewives.
In Udupi, a 60-year-old does something pretty unique for an elderly widow: she performs the last rites for the dead.
A succession of bulls have been visiting two cloth shops in Varanasi for over 25 years
An association is helping market the works of disabled artists who paint using their mouth and feet
How KB Jinan changed the fortune of Aruvacode in Kerala, where poverty had once turned women to sex work
On his 2.5 acre plot of land, a Kerala jewellery shop owner has planted trees featured in the classics of literature
At Manora, the 16-storey MLA hostel in south Mumbai, legislators quarrel over getting sea-facing quarters.
A villager in Orissa has got letters from Mother Teresa, Neil Armstrong, Edmund Hillary, George Bush, Jimmy Carter...