Stories by Rama Lakshmi

Sindhis have been missing in India’s Partition story. Now, they finally get an exhibition

The Partition Museum in Delhi now pays tribute to the unacknowledged pain of Sindhis, blending oral histories and archival material from a scattered culture. Published 16 Oct, 2024 11:22am

5 reasons why Modi-Shah’s BJP lost to Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP in Delhi election

For the losing BJP under Narendra Modi, the problem was that its success mantra for elections became its biggest foe. Updated 12 Feb, 2020 08:21pm

Can the Indians prove they discovered the zero

Other cultures, including the Mayans, also claim to have used the zero. Updated 14 Mar, 2017 08:52am

India’s biggest action-movie star ‘is god’

CHENNAI: The cinema gates opened before dawn here, home of the Tamil movie star Rajinikanth and ground zero of the... Published 24 Jul, 2016 06:48am

She is India’s highest-profile cabinet minister — and its most trolled

Smriti Irani, the powerful minister for human resource development overseeing education, is the queen of controversies. Updated 05 Jul, 2016 09:04am

The new 140-character war on India’s caste system

Business Motilal Oswal creates a stir on Twitter when blaming the Kolkata bridge collapse on the country's engineers. Updated 13 May, 2016 11:16am

India shines light on the plight of the disabled

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new push for accessibility has galvanised a disability rights movement. Updated 22 Mar, 2016 11:10am

Guru Inc — India’s holy men enter the world of big business

Ramdev, 50, always augmented his talks with a diatribe about the dominance of foreign companies in India. Updated 29 Feb, 2016 10:38am

More children are being sexually assaulted in India despite a new law

More than 36,900 rapes were reported in India in 2014. Nearly 14,000 of the victims were children. Updated 06 Feb, 2016 11:59am

A spate of suicides highlights the pressures on students in India

More than 70 students have committed suicide in the past five years in Kota. Updated 26 Jan, 2016 10:11am