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Indian prime minister has a habit of collecting awards on his travels, some as their first and only recipient

Sentenced to 44 years in prison for her political activism, she is now critically ill and her family warn she may soon die in custody. In this exclusive excerpt from her writings, smuggled out of pris...

Recruited to Magnum Photos by Henri Cartier-Bresson in 1977, the veteran photographer, who has died aged 83, made defining images of grand and intimate Indian life for five decades

The long read: Lawrence Bishnoi has been in high-security custody for more than a decade. During that time, he has been linked to multiple high-profile killings, both in India and as far afield as Can...

By refusing to give birth, I have birthed the version of myself that I always wanted to be.

‘Their lives were getting harder, even with help. They did not want to go to a nursing home and neither wanted to live without the other. So they left this life together’

What happens when men prefer porn?

Editorial: The Hindu nationalist prime minister’s push could shift power northward to his political advantage but risks escalating political tensions