Uttar Pradesh
A test for Hindu nationalism as India's biggest state goes to the polls
The Bharatiya Janata Party — known for its strong Hindu nationalist policies — is fighting to keep the state of Uttar Pradesh. With more than 150 million voters, the state is a barometer for national politics.
In ‘Twice Born,’ author Aatish Taseer explores the impact of caste in today's India
The Taj Mahal is wasting away, and it may soon hit the point of no return
India's 'Power Girls' fight sexual violence and harassment that once made them victims
A subject so taboo that rural Indians only use its initials
An alleged rape by an Uber driver is one more sign of India's gender violence problem
Uber bills itself as the "safest ride on the road" for its customers, but the company is now banned from operating in New Delhi after one of its drivers has been accused of raping a passenger. This case is the latest to draw attention to the dangers facing Indian women.
India's free school lunches can fight — or reinforce — caste discrimination in India
On the one hand, India’s school lunch program encourages children from lower-caste communities to enroll in school. And where the program works well, it brings children from different castes together. But in some states, the program is actually used as a tool to reinforce discrimination.
Why the vast majority of middle-class Indians didn't protest after the latest gang rape and murder
Delhi-based reporter Rhitu Chatterjee says that protests after two teenagers were gang raped and murdered last week are nowhere near the scale of the movement in 2012, and the lack of public outrage is because of the victim's caste.
India's Schoolchildren Connect to their Global Peers
The City Montessori School would seem to be bursting at the seams. 42,000 students attend this private secondary school in theIndian city of Lucknow. Students at the school participated in a BBC World Service program to consider "What matters to me?"