The Annual Cow Dung Cake Battle of Kairuppala
Every year, the people of Kairuppala, a village in India’s Andhra Pradesh state, engage in an epic cow dung cake battle that often leaves dozens injured. They believe the tradition brings them good health and prosperity. Legend has it that Lord Veerabhadra Swamy, a fearsome form of the Hindu god Shiva, and the Goddess Bhadrakhali […]
Indian Bar Owner Turns Entrance into a Maze to Bypass New Law
A bar owner in Kerala, India, has come up with an innovative way to bypass a recent Supreme Court rule that banned the sale and serving of liquor within 500 meters of national and state highways. On April 1st, India’s Supreme Court issued an order that bars, pubs and liquor shops across the country should be at […]
The “Dog Lady of Delhi” Looks After Over 400 Strays
Pratima Devi, a 65-year-old ragpicker from New Delhi, India, has dedicated the last three decades of her life to caring for stray dogs. Rummaging through trash and running a small tea stall barely allows her to support herself, but she’ll gladly skip a meal or two to feed the hundreds of dogs she looks after on […]
8-Year-Old “Mowgli Girl” Found Living with Monkeys in Indian Jungle
An 8-year-old child has been dubbed “Mowgli Girl” after she was found living with monkeys in the jungle of India’s Uttar Pradesh state. The girl is believed to have been separated from society for a long time, as she can neither speak or understand any language, and gets scared at the sight of other people. In […]
Fire Paan – The Hottest Street Snack to Ever Come Out of India
Paan has been a part of Indian cuisine since Vedic times, and today, many varieties are served at street stalls all across the Asian country. But with competition as fierce as it is, paan vendors are constantly working on new types of paan, the most impressive of which is definitely fire paan – a flaming hot snack that […]
Man Named Saddam Hussain Struggles to Find Work in India
Saddam Hussain, a marine engineer from Jamshedpur, India, claims that having the same name as the notorious former dictator of Iraq has made it impossible for him to secure a job in the field he has trained so hard in. When Saddam’s grandfather chose his name, 25 years ago, he had no idea that it would one day become […]
Indian Men Divorce Their Wives via WhatsApp by Typing a Single Word Three Times
Two Muslim women in India have recently filed complaints against their husbands – who happen to be brothers – for divorcing them via WhatsApp. The “triple talaq” is a controversial clause in Sharia Law that allows husbands to instantly divorce their wives by uttering the word “talaq” three times. This allows men to throw their […]
Indian Textbook Encourages Kids to Kill Cats as an Experiment
The authors of a Class IV textbook in India recently came under fire, after it was revealed that in a lesson on the importance of breathing they were literally encouraging the kids to do an experiment involving suffocating a cat. It sounds hard to believe that a school textbook for environmental studies could teach children as […]
Indian Engineer Spends the Last Five Years Collecting over 50 Kilograms of Nails from City Road
Benedict Jebakumar is a man on a mission. Ever since 2012 he has dedicated his free time to sweeping Bangalore’s Outer Ring Road of metal nails deliberately put there by nearby tire puncture shops to boost their profits. In the last five years, the Indian engineer claims to have collected over 50 kilograms of metal […]
Indian Woman Returns Home 40 Years After Being Laid to Rest
Two Indian sisters recently got the shock of their lives after their 82-year-old mother showed up at their doorstep 40 years after they had laid her body to rest on the Ganges river, following a cobra bite. It all started on a summer day in 1976, when 42-year-old Vilasa, a woman from Bidhoo village, India’s Kanpur […]
Stray Dog Accompanies Indian Pilgrim on Epic 600 Km Walk
Naveen, a 38-year-old a Sabarimala pilgrim claims he has found a friend for life in Malu, a stray dog who accompanied him on a 600-km walk from the Mookambika temple in Kollur,to the Sabarimala shrine in Pathanamthitta, India. Apart from keeping him company, the dog also protected his belongings and even woke him up when he overslept. […]
Meet the Kindhearted Businessman Who Throws Grand Weddings for Fatherless Indian Brides
In India, it is expected that the bride’s family organize and especially pay for the wedding, so when a young woman’s father (the main bread earner) dies, she can almost certainly forget about having a wedding, especially if she comes from a poor family. Most often than not, widowed mothers simply don’t have the means to marry […]
The Dog Father – Indian Man Takes Care of 735 Dogs That Nobody Else Wants
45-year-old Rakesh Shukla is a talented software engineer and CEO of a successful tech company, but among India’s animal lovers he is known as “The Dog Father”, an exceptional man who founded the country’s most advanced dog rescue center and who personally takes care of 735 abandoned pooches that nobody else wants. 10 years ago, […]
Wealthy Businessman Donates 90 Houses to the Poor to Celebrate Daughter’s Wedding
Ajay Munot, a rich businessman in Maharashtra, India, has recently built and donated 90 houses to the poor, instead of spending the money on a lavish wedding for his daughter. Munot had been planning to spend Rs 70-80 lakh ($115,000) on his daughter Shreya’s wedding, but after consulting with a local politician, he decided there was a better […]
Indian Company Makes Edible 100% Biodegradable “Plastic” Bags
In an effort to combat plastic pollution, Indian startup EnviGreen has come up with a combination of natural starch and vegetable oils that looks and feels just like plastic, but is 100 percent organic, biodegradable and eco-friendly. You can even dispose of such a “plastic” bag by eating it. EnviGreen founder Ashwath Hedge came up […]