In a striking announcement this April, the World Bank claimed that India has successfully lifted 171 million people out of extreme poverty over the decade spanning 2011-12 to 2022-23. According to its ...

American stand-up comedian, actor and filmmaker Louis CK recently visited India. In March, he came to India as part of his ‘Ridiculous’ tour, marking his first-ever performance in the country. Now, in ...

When it won its independence in 1947, India suffered from appalling poverty. Campaigning in rural districts, Jawaharlal Nehru, the country’s first prime minister, had seen the “mark of this beast” on ...

While India talks about shining cities, booming startups and billion-dollar companies, a huge part of the nation remains unseen. This side of India is filled with people working day and night, ...

There is something quietly damning about the priorities a government reveals when it thinks the cost will be borne by people with no voice. In India today, millions of families wake up wondering ...

UN Report: According to a UNDP report, Middle East tensions could push approximately 2.5 million people into poverty in India. This could increase pressure on the country's dependence on oil imports.

India knows how to count the poor. From ration cards to multi-decade surveys such as the National Sample Survey, there are sophisticated systems to track deprivation – who’s getting by, who’s falling ...

Thirty years ago Siddharth Dube, a writer, visited a small village in northern India near the site of a historic peasants’ revolt. He found plenty that remained enraging: mud huts, primitive ploughs, ...

Abraham George, founder of Shanti Bhavan, a school serving poor children in India, spoke Wednesday with the Duke India Initiative. George is featured in the Netflix documentary, "Daughters of Destiny.