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Powerful Photos Capture the Lives of South India’s Transgender Community
Photographer Jennifer Carlos’s intimate portraits capture trans women between rites of passage, sex work, begging, and hopes for a better life.
Thousands of Gulf Returnees in India Don’t Know What To Do Next
For three decades, Indians working abroad have been the world’s top remitters.
Tamil Nadu Is An Unexpected Japanese Haven in South India
Japanese expatriates and businesses alike have found reason to call this Southern Indian state home, leading to great cultural exchange.
'Ban Alcohol or We Won't Vote': Rural Women in South India Warn Political Leaders
Reeling from the consequences of rampant alcoholism among men in rural areas, many women in the south Indian state of Karnataka are protesting using their vote.
An Endangered Crocodile Just Died Because of a Party in India
The animal got "stressed because of loud vibrations" of bass music, says the founder of Madras Crocodile Bank Trust.
This Indian Festival Redefines Photography in the Age of Fake News and Social Media
Farmer suicides, Sabarimala devotees, and other stories from the ongoing Chennai Photo Biennale.
Nale Ba Is the 'Consensual Witch' of South India
She stalked the streets of old Bangalore, until the city outgrew her horrors.
Inside the Indian Factory That Makes Your Favorite Tea Bags
Lockhart Tea factory in Kerala produces 20 million kilograms of tea every year. “The tea grown here is the purest in India,” says owner Asumugam. “All of our tea is exported—everywhere from Iceland to China to England, of course.”
What I Learned About Arranged Marriage from My Indian In-Laws
"I no longer think the Western way of doing things is inherently better."
Searching for Solitude in South India
This summer, I visited South India for the first time since my grandfather died nearly two years ago. A familiar space had suddenly become unfamiliar, and I searched for serenity, devotion, and solitude in a city where privacy is scarce.
Brighton Beach Is a Paradise of Pickles and Cow Feet
To learn more about the salty fish and cabbage that I'd briefly flirted with in my youth, I headed to Brighton Beach—a middle-class, heavily Jewish, and Russian-speaking neighborhood deep in the southern part of Brooklyn—for a bit of former Soviet...