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Real India

A Curious Village

Haima Deshpande

Do you sometimes feel like riding a buffalo, milking a cow or pelting stones at mangoes?

Sending off Strangers

Kishore Bhatt, 57, has a long relationship with the dead. A caretaker of unclaimed corpses, he’s ensured dignity for more than 2,000 dead in the past 40 years

Ass You Like It

Abused and ailing donkeys have found a home in interior Maharashtra. Raising funds for a donkey sanctuary, though, is a problem

Poor Man’s Rave Party

Music, headbanging and that addictive high. Guess how much the damages are?

Monkeys Arm Women

Women in Lucknow take to airguns to protect their homes, children and themselves from the menace of rapidly multiplying monkeys

Coffee, Tea, or Me

Sex workers in Mysore begin to run a restaurant. Everybody around, surprisingly, helps

How to Climb a Coconut Tree

Why high literacy levels in Kerala haven’t created a shortage of men who can climb the most daunting trees

The Cosmic Independent

He wants Rs 50 crore from his family for cutting his hair. He fights other battles too

Grandmoms in Their Thirties

In this Kerala district, you see pregnant daughters and their pregnant mothers in the same maternity ward

The Cave Dwellers of Kerala

The world discovered this endangered tribe in 1970. Soon after, the tribals discovered alcohol

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