India has banned its railway staff from wearing their traditional uniform as part of Narendra Modi’s sweeping campaign to ...

A devastating rail crash that left almost 300 people dead has refocused international attention on the importance of railways in the lives of Indians. Indeed, to many Western observers, images of men ...

When India gained independence in 1947, the nation faced a decision that would determine the course of its architectural future: brick or concrete. A seemingly mundane choice of material was rooted in ...

A type of large, manually operated ceiling fan used historically in the Indian subcontinent, the punkah comprised a suspended wooden beam, slab or frame with a hanging panel of fabric that was swung ...

India has suspended the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) with Pakistan following a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir that killed at least 27 civilians. This is the first time in the treaty’s 65-year ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — It’s strangely unsettling to peer into the razor-sharp, beautifully toned photographs of 19th-century English colonial gentry, servants, and native royals in India, now on view at ...

The Old Stone House in Park Slope hosted an opening reception on May 2 for its latest site-specific contemporary art installation, “Things Fall Apart: Meena Hasan at the Old Stone House. ” The ...

A woman holds a placard protesting against the sedition case filed by police against a school after a play performed by students denouncing a new citizenship law, in Bangalore, India, Tuesday, Feb. 4, ...