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 ...

In a remote village in India, a siren can be heard from the local temple every night at 7 p.m. — signaling the commencement of a daily “digital detox.” For the next 90 minutes, the population of 3,000 ...

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 ...

Dadasaheb Bhagat's journey from a drought-hit village to an Infosys office boy is remarkable. He transitioned to graphic ...

— 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 ...