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South Asia

Adults and children swim in water near a large, white building in the background and birds flying overhead
The Big Fix
In Karachi, planting dense urban forests could save the city from extreme heat
American and Manipuri players particpate in the woman's polo tournament in Manipuri in January 2016. They're riding the native Manipuri ponies.
Sports
How a polo tour in India is helping to protect a rare breed of ponies
Team USA on the kabaddi mat at the World Cup in October
Sports
The ancient sport that mixes tag, wrestling, rugby and chanting
Two weeks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the demonetization of 500 and 1000 rupee currency notes, residents of south Delhi continue to line up in front of ATMs in hopes of withdrawing cash.
Economics
India’s crisis over bank notes hits women especially hard
Ram Advani in his bookshop, Ram Advani Booksellers. He ran it for more than a half century.
Books
My friend, the bookseller of Lucknow
Sabina family
Business
The face of Target (and others) in Bangladesh, at 400 pieces an hour
A surfer showers off on the beach in Cardiff, California.
Lifestyle
I forgot the art of showering in cold water
Deepak Singh's mother, Nirmala. He says it would be almost insulting to send her a Mother's Day card.
Culture
I’ve never sent my mother a Mother’s Day card
bangla lead
Development
In Bangladesh, an app that lets women speak without fear
The band OK Go sitting atop the Honda made UNI-CUBs, a rolling personal transportation chair.
Music
The wait for OK Go’s latest viral video was well worth it
"Mandolin" Srinivas performs a live show in Pune, India, in 2009. The musician introduced his electric mandolin into India's ancient Carnatic music.
Music
Remembering the man who reinvented an ancient Indian musical style
Michael Muhammed Knight
Belief
This American man very nearly joined the jihad in Chechnya in the 1990s
Environment
How India’s subsidized farms have created a water crisis
A billboard calling for the release of US Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, held for nearly five years by the Taliban after being captured in Afghanistan, is shown in this picture taken near Spokane, Washington on February 25, 2014. Bergdahl has been released
Conflict & Justice
Like Sergeant Bergdahl, reporter David Rohde knows about being a prisoner of the Taliban
A billboard calling for the release of US Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, held for nearly five years by the Taliban after being captured in Afghanistan, is shown in this picture taken near Spokane, Washington on February 25, 2014. Bergdahl has been released
Conflict & Justice
Like Sergeant Bergdahl, reporter David Rohde knows about being a prisoner of the Taliban
Environment
Many Sherpas are going home to give Mount Everest ‘a rest’
Environment
Many Sherpas are going home to give Mount Everest ‘a rest’
Anti-government protesters sleep in Kiev's Mikhailovsky Monastery last week.
Conflict & Justice
How a monastery became a symbol of Ukraine’s uprising
Google Reunion Ad Still
Arts, Culture & Media
This Google ad has moved people to tears across India and Pakistan
Scrap pile
Environment
Where should old cargo ships go to die? Some Europeans say bring them home
Lifestyle & Belief
Innocent home videos are becoming Pakistani ‘porn’ on YouTube and destroying lives
Indians Push Back on Racist Taunts to Miss America 2014