Not long ago, it carried a very different identity. Tucked away near the Indo-Tibetan border, this remote Himalayan settlement was popularly referred to as India’s Last Village. Today, it has ...

CITIZENS of industrialized countries find difficulty in realizing the extent to which India has remained agricultural. Out of India's 330 millions of inhabitants 300 millions are rural, and no less ...

Presidential election results in the U.S. triggered contrasting reactions in two small villages in southern India, as the residents of Vadluru—the ancestral home of Vice President-elect JD Vance’s ...

In the crowded bus climbing slowly toward the village of Salal, high in the mountains of Jammu and Kashmir, a young man is squashed among the other passengers, clasping to his chest a plastic ...

In the remote Indian village of Chogath, local pharmacist Jeetu has become the only source of medical help for people sick with Covid-19. The country’s second wave has devastated major cities and ...

Societies and cultures that invest in and empower women are on a virtuous cycle. They become richer, better governed, more stable, and less prone to violence. By contrast, countries that limit women’s ...

Ram Kishore searched long and hard to find a suitable wife for his son, but his efforts only paid off when electricity finally came to his village in rural north India this year. It was not until the ...

Oldest Village of India: India has more than 660,000 villages. These rural communities are at the heart of the country. They keep our ancient traditions alive and grow the food we eat each day.