投稿者: Amrit Dhillon in Delhi
Upper-caste actor playing Dalit politician Mayawati shown dishevelled and holding broom in publicity for new filmA picture of a woman holding a broom. Anywhere else, the image might pass unnoticed. But in India the poster for the film Madam Chief Minis…
Millions of people in Maharashtra to have neighbourhoods renamed but critics say plan means little without behavioural changeThe names of neighbourhoods in the Indian state of Maharashtra based on the caste of people who have traditionally lived there …
Indian capital records highest single day rise in cases as monitor says pollution is at 14 times WHO safe level Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDelhi’s 20 million residents are facing a double health crisis as high levels of…
A strikingly-designed centre reminiscent of Rajasthan’s famous forts will soon be opening its doors in conservative Jaisalmer“Don’t even try,” friends told Michael Daube, when he said he wanted to coax women in Jaisalmer to embroider yoga bags to help …
Asafoetida is a mainstay of the country’s cuisine, but only now are the first saplings being planted on Indian soilWhat’s in a name? Plenty, when it comes to asafoetida or “devil’s dung”. The evil-smelling spice is a stink bomb that unquestionably live…
Fearful hotel workers asked to take on role of hospital support staff as cases in Delhi riseCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageStaff at luxury hotels in Delhi are to start welcoming guests not with traditional garlands but with…
Dean of Mumbai’s Sion hospital demoted after video emerges of bodies wrapped in plastic lying next to patientsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageFootage showing half a dozen dead bodies lying on beds next to Covid-19 patients i…
Labourers’ plight contrasts with affluent Indians flown home from abroad in coronavirus crisisCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMigrant labourers in Indian cities whose incomes have plummeted as a result of anti-coronavirus lo…
Authorities say move was to ‘seek blessings’ for train taking people to pilgrimage sitesIndian rail authorities allocated a berth on a train on Sunday for the Hindu god Shiva, raising eyebrows in a country led by Narendra Modi’s hardline Hindu national…
Chief minister argues initiative will empower women, but move sparks controversy in conservative Indian stateWhen women reach the polling booths to cast their vote in current village council elections in Rajasthan, they may be asked to remove their vei…
Student leader beaten with iron bar during attack charged with two offences for prior incidentPolice in Delhi have faced criticism for failing to arrest any members of a violent mob that stormed the campus of the Jawarharlal Nehru University (JNU) in t…
Kevin P Joseph was killed after he applied to register his marriage to Neenu Chacko from a higher casteA court in Kerala has sentenced 10 men to life in prison for the killing of a Christian from India’s lowest dalit caste who wanted to marry a woman f…
About 100 animals transport visitors along kilometre-long cobbled path to the city’s iconic Amber FortAnimal rights protesters took to the streets on bicycles in the Indian city of Jaipur on Sunday, demanding an end to elephants being used to carry tou…