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How do you find a bride? The new struggle in…
Yavatmal/Mumbai, India — On a warm Sunday afternoon in April, a group of farmers sits on a roadside bench at the intersection of the highway with their villa
Photos: Indian election casts spotlight on Modi lookalikes
Muslim electric rickshaw driver Rashid Ahmed is fondly called “Our Modi” in his Delhi neighbourhood for his striking resemblance to Indian Prime Minister Na
On one of India’s longest train rides, ongoing election divides…
The 2,900km (1,800-mile) journey from capital New Delhi to Kanyakumari in the south is one of the longest train rides in India, passing through cities, villages
Indian government spent millions promoting BJP election slogans
Mumbai, India — In November, as India’s election campaign was beginning to take shape, a catchphrase coined by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Ja
‘Why should we vote?’ India’s jute workers blame politicians for…
Kolkata, India — Amirul Laskar has been out of a job for the past three months, since the jute mill where he was employed shut operations citing losses. The
India Lok Sabha election 2024 Phase 5: Who votes and…
Indians will cast their ballots on May 20 for the fifth phase of the world’s largest electoral exercise as the country’s national election enters its final
India’s biggest election prize: Can the Gandhi family survive Modi?
Amethi/Rae Bareli, India – Irfan*, a tea stall owner, is convinced that change is afoot. “There has not been much traffic on this road from Rae Bareli to Am
Why are Kashmiris voting in Indian election they’ve long boycotted?
Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – Haroon Khan huddled with his friends on the lawn of a polling station in the heart of Nowhatta, a part of the city of
As college degrees bring poverty, Indians ask: Does education even…
Ralegaon, India – Sometimes, Shivanand Sawale rues his choices and dreams. Growing up in Dabhadi village in the Yavatmal district of western India’s Maharas
India election more than halfway through, Kashmir valley votes in…
Millions of Indians across 96 constituencies have cast their ballots as the country’s gigantic, six-week-long election edges past its halfway mark. Monday’s
Why India’s ruling BJP isn’t fielding candidates in Kashmir?
Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – More than a month into India’s giant seven-phase national election, the Kashmir Valley will finally begin to cast it
Why isn’t the BJP fielding a candidate in Indian-administered Kashmir?
These are the first parliamentary elections since the Indian government revoked the region’s semiautonomy.Voters are going to the polls in Indian-administered
