In pictures: Torrential monsoon rains submerge large parts of Tripura

More than 7,000 families have been affected and more than 2,000 families displaced, as per informed estimates.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 22, 2017 · 05:30 pm

Gorkhaland demand: From street protests to silent rallies, photos capture the mood in Darjeeling

The hill district of West Bengal has been in the grip of protests demanding a separate state for the Nepali-speaking people.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 21, 2017 · 12:30 pm

In pictures: Four new species of burrowing frogs discovered in the Western Ghats

Scientists had earlier thought they all belonged to the same species.

Vinita Govindarajan

· Jun 21, 2017 · 11:30 am

Photos: Why bull owners and tamers take part in jallikattu, despite the injuries and deaths

The limitations in regulating the sport are apparent.

Shawn Sebastian

· Feb 21, 2017 · 03:30 pm

The Asur Adivasis, India's first metallurgists, now struggle for daily wages in Jharkhand's mines

At the New Amtipani mine, workers must mark their attendance on the biometric system four times a day or forego their wages

Anumeha Yadav

· Feb 16, 2017 · 05:45 pm

In North Bengal, tea estates now come in the size of kitchen gardens

The small growers are producing nearly half of the region's annual tea output.

Subrata Nagchoudhury

· Dec 29, 2016 · 12:30 pm

In Bengal's Sundarbans, the fading Bonbibi goddess cult straddles the Hindu-Muslim divide

As modernity intrudes into the thick mangrove forest, Hindu and Muslim Bengalis separate out into their own theological silos.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Dec 07, 2016 · 10:30 am

The many faces of faith, as seen through a photographer’s camera

Nilanjan Ray’s images reveal the myriad ways in which religion binds together Indians.

Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri

· Dec 04, 2016 · 11:30 am

The demonetisation effect on border town Raxaul: Income loss, dependence on Nepalese currency

Some residents say the Rs 2,000 note was a stupid idea, others are all for the government policy.

M Rajshekhar

· Dec 03, 2016 · 07:30 am

Photos: The sights and sounds of Delhi’s Mini Tibet

‘Sometimes I feel my heart is in Tibet, but body is in India.’

Vishal Arora

· Nov 25, 2016 · 06:30 pm

Forget the tech sector – Indian diaspora has contributed to California’s culture in myriad ways

In the community, there is a rich expression of a culture that crosses boundaries.

Preston Merchant

· Nov 04, 2016 · 06:30 am

As MNREGA work dries up, even the elderly in Bihar are migrating to brick-kilns

The cost of underfunding the rural jobs scheme is visible in the villages of Bihar.

M Rajshekhar

· Oct 28, 2016 · 11:30 am