Topic: Rajasthan

Difference Maker Jack Reece helps a Noah's Ark of animals in India

From elephants to buffaloes, dogs to donkeys, Help in Suffering (HIS), a nonprofit animal welfare group in Jaipur, India, treats animals large and small at low or no cost.

India: Bring on the Wal-Mart greeters

The Indian government has loosened restrictions on foreign investment in retail, paving the way for Wal-Mart to open retail stores here.

Trishna: movie review

Actress Freida Pinto's occasional opacity works in the movie's favor as her character, Trishna, remains mysterious.

Free bicycles help keep Indian girls in school

Free bicycles help keep Indian girls in school under a new state government program designed to help girls in Bihar, one of India's poorest states, where the female literacy rate of 53 percent is more than 20 points below that of its men.

India reinvents its vibrant colors

Exports revived India's iconic hand-block textile industry in the 1970s; now labor and water woes threaten it.

Global News Blog Can't get enough of books in India

The Jaipur Literary Festival in northern India attracts thousands of book-lovers, and provides greater access to literature for India's 1.2 billion population.

Teaching on the run

Life lessons from a 100-mile expedition in the Indian desert.

In Pictures India landmarks

How to save the last tigers on Earth

The tiger population of India grew by 300 in the past four years. But this week 13 Asian nations are meeting to discuss ways to save the last remaining tigers.
03/31/2011 10:35 am

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India freedom of information activist files 500 requests, despite threats

Despite an increase in attacks on activists who use the India freedom of information act, Kheema Ram has filed nearly 500 requests for public data and exposed a growing list of government scandals.
03/11/2010 02:20 pm

Global News Blog India: 20,000 camels, thousands of cows, and one chaotic carnival

In India, the world's largest camel festival is luring in tourists and hawkers.
11/11/2009 12:00 am

An eye-opening view of Rajasthan

As we traveled through the countryside, I began to see the real India.
01/27/2009 12:00 am

Marriage across the red-blue divide

A wife and husband argue about politics, but they now move seamlessly from dialogue to dinner.
10/27/2008 01:00 am

Indian government's unstable win

In wake of confidence vote, it faces shaky political alliances and corruption claims.
07/24/2008 01:00 am

The charms of Indian beach food

It must be the fresh, salty air that makes seaside snacks taste so good.
06/18/2008 01:00 am

One man's mission to rid India of its dirtiest job

Even though manual scavenging was banned in India in 1993, thousands still perform the task of cleaning, by hand, human waste.
06/12/2008 01:00 am

One man's mission to rid India of its dirtiest job

Even though manual scavenging was banned in India in 1993, thousands still perform the task of cleaning, by hand, human waste.
06/11/2008 01:00 am

Terrorism & Security Indian forces clash with low-caste protesters

Paramilitary forces have deployed in Rajasthan, India, where ethnic Gujjars are demanding job quotas.
05/26/2008 01:00 am

Indian bombings fit pattern of efforts to foment interreligious strife

Seven synchronized bombs exploded in the city of Jaipur Tuesday evening.
05/15/2008 01:00 am