'Pad Man' Is A Bollywood Movie About A Man And His Menstrual Pads
It's the real-life story of a tinkerer obsessed with manufacturing low-cost sanitary napkins. And it even has songs.
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Tea Farmer In India Leads Charge For Organic, Evades The Charge Of Elephants
In the biggest tea-producing region of India, hazards range from red spider mites to wild elephants. One brave grower faces them head on, all while spurring a movement to grow tea organically.
Discovery In India Suggests An Early Global Spread Of Stone Age Technology
Scientists have found stone tools in India dating back to 385,000 years ago. The sharp tools were made with a Stone Age technique thought to have originated in Africa and Europe.
Delhi Police Say They've Captured Most-Wanted Terrorist Known As 'India's Bin Laden'
Abdul Subhan Qureshi, 46, was apprehended after a brief exchange of gunfire in the Indian capital on Monday, authorities say. He has been linked to several bombings across India over the last decade.
India Tests Long-Range Missile, Lauding 'Major Boost' To Military Capability
The intercontinental ballistic missile has a range of some 3,100 miles. Its launch Thursday comes at a particularly fraught time in India's relationship with neighbors Pakistan and China.
A Mom Fights To Get An Education For Her Deaf Daughters
There were no schools for the deaf near her village in India. And she had to stand up to the bias against deafness — and the use of sign language.
With Greater Economic Strength, India Believes Its 'Time Has Come'
"I don't think India wants to be a formal U.S. ally," says Alyssa Ayres, author of Our Time Has Come: How India Is Making Its Place in the World. "It sees alliance relationships as too constraining."
India's Gay Prince To Open His Palace To LGBTQ People In Need
Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil plans to use his ancestral estate as a center for Indians who've been ostracized for their sexuality.
Apps Let Women Say #MeToo About Street Harassment
The authorities don't always listen. Women may be afraid to speak up. Around the globe, apps are giving them a place to document harassment on the streets.
The Man In The Google Doodle: From Poor Villager To Nobel Prize Winner
He's the biochemist Har Gobind Khorana, who discovered the grammar that organizes DNA. But first he had to overcome the accent and mannerisms of his Indian village.