India


Photo of the Moment: Lonely Boy, India

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Photo of the Moment: View From a Rickshaw, New Delhi

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Langar: Perhaps the Best Indian Food You’ll Ever Have

It might be the best Indian food you’ll ever have. The langar is a staple of Sikh worship - and is absolutely free, to everyone. No creed, color, nationality, or even religion is turned away. You sit on the floor, in rows that may stretch as long as a football field, as volunteers dish out ample […]

Photo of the Moment: Gods Are Sleeping, India

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Photo of the Moment: Daily Laundry, Mumbai

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Poverty Tourism: Exploring the Slums of India, Brazil and South Africa

Amanda Kendle explores poverty tourism in the slums of India, Brazil and South Africa.

Photo of the Moment: Thunder and Lightning Over Mumbai

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Brit Embarks on 9000-Mile Penniless Trek To India

Talk about traveling light. A British man is setting off on as penniless trek from Bristol to Porbandar, India, the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi. Mark Boyle - a former Net entrepreneur by trade - will take along nothing but a few T shirts, a bandage, sunscreen, a knife and spare sandals in his rucksack. […]

The Bizarre Wagah Border Crossing Ceremony

A border dispute has become a daily party. India and Pakistan share a single border that cuts straight through the town of Wagah: the eastern half sits in India, and the other half in Pakistan. Border conflicts killed countless people in both countries back in 1947 - and decades later, skirmishes still kill thousands. At the sound […]

Bizarre Culture: Dancing Waiters of Pizza Hut, India [Video]

I’ve been to Pizza Hut plenty of times as a boy and confess to having never been treated to a show like this. I’m calling corporate.

Indian Restaurant Offers a Deadly Combo of Dining and Ambience

At the New Lucky restaurant in Ahmedabad, India, the soft, buttery rolls are to die for. Don’t say that too loud however, seeing as the setting includes some quaint tables, rusty chairs and a few dozen graves. The owner Krsihan Kutti Nair who built the restaurant that’s spread out over a centuries old Muslim cemetery, […]

Indian Jaywalkers Feel the Strong Arm of the Law

New Delhi’s traffic is notoriously chaotic. Traffic rules are conspicuous by their absence in one of the world’s most dangerous cities for pedestrians. Jaywalking has always been a problem, notwithstanding a 27 year old rule that expressly forbids it. People cross roads long before the red light comes on, and keep doing so […]

Indian Airlines Agree to Pay for Passengers’ Mental Agony

Ever been stuck in an airport with yet another plane delay, and seething in silent fury? If you’re in India, you could be eligible for compensation for your mental agony. An Indian consumer court has ordered a private airline to pay its passengers who were left stranded when the flight was canceled $380 […]

Photo of the Moment: Humayun’s Tomb, India

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The Funniest Indian Music Video You’ll Ever See

I have a terrible time understanding foreign accents. Every time I order Chinese delivery, I wind up with nothing but a bag of duck sauce packets and a carton of disposable chopsticks. I’m clearly doing something wrong. It’s an irritating shortcoming of mine that I’m sure will make for many interesting, if […]