Climbing Everest After Losing a Foot

Mar. ‘15— Along one stretch of her descent from Everest, Arunima Sinha had to drag her prosthetic lower leg along for “quite a distance” because a silicone gel, that binds her prosthetic leg with the skin of her stump, began to melt.

The Art of Painting Trucks

Mar. ‘15—Tilak Raj Dhir painted his first truck when he was 17. I met Dhir in 2015 at a truck depot in a Delhi’s north, where he was busy emblazoning trucks with art ranging from religious symbols, lions and the unmissable “Blow Horn” and “Horn Please” signs.

Inside the Mind of a Former World Chess Champion

Mar. ‘15—Viswanathan Anand, a four-time world chess champion winner, joined his first chess club when he was six. Chess is niche hobby in India. It was Anand’s mother who first taught him how to play.

In Photos: Delhi’s Contemporary Street Art Festival

Feb. ‘15—An urban street art project that started out in Delhi in 2014 enhanced and enlivened some of the city’s gentrified neighborhoods with murals and installations is now in its eighth year running. "'St+art” districts have come up in cities like Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru and Coimbatore.

Click here or on the icon above to see photos from the project’s beginnings in Delhi.

Meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Postmen

Nov. ‘14—On a winter morning in New Delhi, two postmen sorted through almost 5,000 envelopes from all over India marked to one addressee—Indian prime minister Narendra Modi.

Remaking an Old Delhi Haveli for Love

Dec. ‘14—Restoration of old havelis is rare in India where it’s common for buildings to be razed to the ground to start renovation afresh. But Devki Nandan Bagla, the co-owner of Seth Ram Lal Khemka Haveli, wants to restore his dilapidated haveli back into a gracious home for his wife, their three sons and, he hopes, their future wives.

India’s Kite Aficionados Gird for Independence Day Battles

Aug. ‘14—Shoppers crowded into Nitin Gupta's narrow shop stocked with brightly colored kites and spools of string in preparation for a quintessential tradition to commemorate India’s independence from British colonial rule: kite battles!

How to Pick a Good Roadside Eatery in India

Television host duo Rocky Singh and Mayur Sharma spent almost seven years on a culinary road trip across India. En route, they stopped at wayside eateries, or dhabas, in search of the best, most authentic local food. A reported guide from the traveling foodies on how to spot a promising dhaba in India.

Where India’s Republic Day Floats Go to Die

Jan. ‘15—The massive floats that chug on tractors down Raj Path (now called Kartavya Path) on India’s ceremonious Republic Day parade do eventually die. There’s a mood and art in the graveyard.