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Hypnotize Yourself With a Record-Breaking Traditional Dance
This synchronized dance won a group of 5,211 Indian women a Guinness World Record
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The Taj Mahal Gardens Have a Special Relationship to the Solstice
On the day the sun climbs the highest in the sky, careful alignments within the gardens and buildings of the beautiful mausoleum appear
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India’s Tiger Population Grew Almost 60 Percent Since 2008
Could tigers be coming back from the brink? India now counts 2,226 of the big cats
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It’s Cheaper to Make Diabetes Test Strips of Silk Than of Paper in India
Skilled handloom weavers and abundant silk hold the key for an innovative solution
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Pollution Is Turning the Taj Mahal Brown
Workers must periodically cover the Taj Mahal in clay to remove the pollutants stuck to its marble walls
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Before Instagram, Memorializing Asia’s Most Traveled Roads
From Moroccan postcards to Japanese scrolls, the Sackler Gallery explores five centuries of travel around the Asian continent
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India’s Space Agency Made It to Mars on the First Try
India’s Mangalyaan orbiter dropped into orbit around Mars last night
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This Farmer Grew Four Times As Much Rice in the Same Amount of Land
His controversial farming method has long been dismissed by experts
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India And the EU Are Making It Much Easier for Tourists to Get Visas
Traveling can get tangled in red tape, but some governments are trying to make it easier
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A debate rages over preserving the awe-inspiring, 350-year-old monument that now shows signs of distress from pollution and shoddy repairs
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Rakesh Jaiswal, founder of ecofriends.org, talks about the country’s growing list of environmental problems
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At Varanasi, Hindu pilgrims come to pray—and to die—along the sacred Ganges River
He Conquered Bengal, drove the French from India and built a civil service. But was he a savior or plunderer?
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