When it won its independence in 1947, India suffered from appalling poverty. Campaigning in rural districts, Jawaharlal Nehru, the country’s first prime minister, had seen the “mark of this beast” on ...

This year's Global Teacher Prize has been awarded to Ranjitsinh Disale for his work helping girls, most of then from poor tribal communities, at a village school in western India.

Hindu nationalists go toe to toe with Christians in attempting to convert indigenous Adivasis. Residents walk through Hesag, ...

The quaint, sugarcane-growing village of Rajewadi in India's west did not have a single confirmed coronavirus case until mid-August. Now one in every four people there is positive for the virus, with ...

More than 13,500 adolescents across 583 villages participated in the experiment, discovering how to engage their families in ...

Rural Indian women are bridging the healthcare gap by integrating ancient Ayurvedic practices with modern medicine. These ...

Who is Karimul Haque? Karimul Haque is a social worker known for his work in and near Dhalabari, West Bengal. His life story ...

Looking down a street in Daulatpur, a rural village in Punjab, India with a mishmash of eclectic, colorful architecture, photographer Rajesh Vora felt he had struck lucky. In front of him, was a large ...

THULASENDRAPURAM, India — At a small temple in southern India, a group of people has been praying every day since late last month: “May Kamala Harris win this election. May she visit this temple and ...