Sher Singh is barely 50. He wheezes as he tries to sit up in the tiny, rented room in a suburb of the Indian capital. A little over three years ago, Singh climbed into a 10-foot deep septic tank – a ...

NEW DELHI, June 12 (Reuters Life!) - A year ago, Vimla Atwal eked a living by cleaning outdoor pits used as toilets in a western Indian village. Next month, she will sashay down a New York catwalk ...

— Editor’s Note: This is the latest installment of The Woodlands Villager series profiling every village in The Woodlands. Check future editions for profiles on the remaining villages we have yet to ...

NEW DELHI: Five low-caste villagers have died trying to revive an unused well in a parched region of northern India, police said Tuesday, as the country reels under one of the worst droughts on record ...