Mumbai

Women rush out of a train during peak hours at Churchgate station in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 20, 2023.

Indian women do less paid work. It’s bad news for the economy.

Across the world, higher economic growth has seen a rise in women’s employment, according to the United Nations. But India is bucking that trend, where educated women are working less in paid positions.

Indian women do less paid work. It’s bad news for the economy.
a man sleeping on the ground outside of a temple

Housing segregation in India has affected millions of people for several generations

Housing segregation in India has affected millions of people for several generations
trucks

In Mumbai, waste pickers do the heavy lifting of recycling  

In Mumbai, waste pickers do the heavy lifting of recycling  
Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani attends the "Invest Karnataka 2016 Global Investors Meet" in Bangalore, India, Feb. 3, 2016. 

Indian billionaire businessman Gautam Adani faces scrutiny

Indian billionaire businessman Gautam Adani faces scrutiny
buildings

Redevelopment proposal for Mumbai's largest informal settlement stirs controversy

Redevelopment proposal for Mumbai's largest informal settlement stirs controversy
An audience watches actors Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol on the big screen.

This beloved Bollywood film gets a new life on Broadway

The 1995 Bollywood film “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge,” or "DDLJ," is the longest-running film in India’s history, screening daily for 27 years. Now, the irresistible love story is heading to Broadway.

This beloved Bollywood film gets a new life on Broadway
In this photo taken Wednesday, April 13, 2011, a graffiti against revealing the gender of unborn fetuses stands outside a clinic in Morena in the Central Indian State of Madhya Pradesh. 

India's abortion law still lacks a rights-based approach, gynecologist says

India's abortion law is progressive, but it is also problematic, says Dr. Suchitra Dalvie, a practicing gynecologist in Mumbai, India. The co-founder and coordinator of the Asia Safe Abortion Partnership unpacked the law and recent amendments to it with The World's reporter Chhavi Sachdev.

India's abortion law still lacks a rights-based approach, gynecologist says
Members of the All India Insurance Employees' Association gather at LIC's office in Hyderabad in southern India to protest against the company's IPO, which they say goes against its ethos.

Life Insurance Corporation of India is a household name in the country. It could soon be India's largest-ever IPO.

The government is the sole owner of the Life Insurance Corporation of India, but that might change soon. The company is about to be listed on India’s stock exchange.

Life Insurance Corporation of India is a household name in the country. It could soon be India's largest-ever IPO.
Anuja Bali asks a family in Pashan, Pune about their consumption of liquid petroleum gas.

India’s Warrior Moms tackle indoor air pollution — ‘the silent killer’ 

Many households in India use a clay stove fueled by firewood, coal, cow dung, or even dry leaves, paper or plastic — which all emit excessive, harmful smoke. Poor women and children bear the brunt of this insidious indoor pollution. 

India’s Warrior Moms tackle indoor air pollution — ‘the silent killer’ 
People pay tribute in front of a portrait of Lata Mangeshkar, the legendary singer placed on a decorated podium in Kolkata, India, Feb. 7, 2022. 

'She had an aura': The world mourns late Indian songstress Lata Mangeshkar

Mangeshkar, also known as the Queen of Melody, was cremated with full state honors in Mumbai on Sunday, a funeral attended by film and music luminaries as well as Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

'She had an aura': The world mourns late Indian songstress Lata Mangeshkar
An Indian teen reacts as she receives Covaxin COVID-19 vaccine at a government school in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. 

India postpones in-school learning as omicron surges 

This month, parents, teachers and kids in India were poised to reenter their classrooms full time. Omicron has pumped the brakes on that.

India postpones in-school learning as omicron surges 
A large military rescue helicopter is shown in the distance with a man wearing a PFD is wheeled on a tarmac.

India scours sea after barge sinks, 2nd adrift after cyclone

The Indian navy is working to rescue crew members from a sunken barge and a second cargo vessel that was adrift Tuesday off the coast of Mumbai after a deadly cyclone struck the western coast.

India scours sea after barge sinks, 2nd adrift after cyclone
A group of people are shown amid heavy rainfall pushing and pulling a teal blue boat on two wheels.

India braces for powerful cyclone amid deadly virus surge

A powerful cyclone roaring in the Arabian Sea was moving toward India's western coast on Monday as authorities tried to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people

India braces for powerful cyclone amid deadly virus surge
A child looks up at a TV screen with several apps to choose from at his home in New Delhi, India.

India’s ‘streaming dream’ may dim with new digital regulations

With online news outlets and streaming platforms now under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, content creators may face new layers of bureaucracy, regulation and censorship. 

India’s ‘streaming dream’ may dim with new digital regulations
Pradhyuman is seen in an undated handout image from the Netflix series "Indian Matchmaking." 

Netflix's ‘Indian Matchmaking’ stirs conversation about tradition, colorism and caste

The show is meant to be lighthearted and fun, but for some, it’s controversial. 

Netflix's ‘Indian Matchmaking’ stirs conversation about tradition, colorism and caste