Indian Woman Has Been Speaking Only an Hour a Day for the Last 32 Years
An 85-year-old woman is set to end a self-imposed 30-year vow of silence that only allowed her to speak for an hour a day. Saraswati Devi, fondly known as ‘Mauni Mata’, began her ‘maun vrat’ (vow of silence) in 1992. She devoted her life to Lord Ram after the death of her husband in 1986 […]
Devotees Allow Themselves to Be Trampled by Cattle in Bizarre Ritual
As part of a post-Diwali celebration in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhidavad village, brave men lie on the ground and allow themselves to be trampled by dozens of cattle in the name of religion. The festival of Diwali is marked with various rituals and traditions across India, but none quite as bizarre as the custom of one […]
199 Members! The World’s Largest Family Lives Under One Roof
The village of Baktawng, in India’s north-eastern state of Mizoram, is home to the world’s largest known family, 199 people who live under the same roof in a giant building. Pu Ziona was the patriarch of what was generally regarded as the world’s largest family – 38 wives, 89 children, and 36 children. Ziona passed […]
89-Year-Old Man Has Been Trying to Divorce His Wife for 27 Years
An Indian man who has been separated from his wife for nearly 40 years and has been trying to divorce her for 27 years, had his request for divorce dismissed by the Supreme Court earlier this month. It’s no secret that divorce is a taboo subject in India, a country where the legal annulment of […]
India’s Teenage ‘Slum Princess’, a Real-Life Cinderella Story
Maleesha Kharwa grew up in Mumbai’s infamous Dharavi slum, but thanks to a chance encounter with an American actor, she became one of India’s most popular teenage models. At just 15 years of age, Maleesha Kharwa has already graced the covers of international fashion magazines like Vogue and Cosmopolitan, become the face of a luxury […]
Indian Government Workers Wear Motorcycle Helmets as Protection from Falling Debris
Government employees working in a decrepit building in Telangana, India, have taken to wearing motorcycle helmets to prevent slabs of concrete from the ceiling falling on their heads. A video of several male employees at the ‘Development Office’ of Jagtial district, in Telangana, wearing motorcycle helmets while working has gone viral on Indian social media. […]
Couple Sell 8-Month-Old Baby to Buy New iPhone 14
A heartless couple in India was reportedly arrested for selling their 8-month-old baby to buy an iPhone 14 and make Instagram reels while traveling. Last week, Indian media reported the shocking case of a young couple from West Bengal who were so obsessed with Apple’s newest handheld that they sold their toddler in order to […]
Girl Keeps Cutting Power in Her Home Village to Meet Lover under Cover of Darkness
A young girl from the Indian state of Bihar kept cutting the power in her entire village so she could meet a boy from a rival village without anyone seeing them together. The people of Bettiah, a village in Bihar’s West Champaran district, had been on edge for over a week due to the unusual […]
‘World’s Richest Beggar’ Is Worth Over $1 Million
An Indian man who spends his days asking people for pocket change on the streets of Mumbai has been dubbed the ‘world’s richest beggar’ by Indian media who claims he is worth over $1 million. While many people in India toil long hours every single day for a few hundred rupees, Bharat Jain, the so-called […]
Indian Man Marries His Cheating Wife to Her Lover
In what many are calling a real-life Bollywood movie script, an Indian man married his wife to her lover after catching them cheating. In the 1999 Bollywood classic Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Ajay Devgn’s character, Vanraj, finds out that his wife is in love with another man and decides to unite them. It’s one […]
Man Books One Night at 5-Star Hotel, Lives There for 600 Nights Free of Charge
An Indian man is currently under investigation for fraud, after allegedly spending a total of 603 nights at a New Delhi 5-star hotel despite only paying for one night. On May 30th, Ankush Dutta booked a room at the renowned Roseate House Hotel in Delhi. He was supposed to check out the next day, but […]
Angry Locals Lift Up Newly-Laid Asphalt Road to Prove It’s Actually Just a Carpet
Locals in the Indian state of Maharashtra were shocked to discover that their newly-laid road was actually just a carpet with a thin layer of asphalt poured over it. According to the Lokmat Times, the people of Karjat-Hast Pokhari, a village in Maharashtra’s Jalna district, had long been pleading with elected representatives to rebuild their […]
Company Locks Employees Inside Office Building to Prevent Them from Leaving
An Indian IT company recently sparked outrage online after it was reported that one of its managers ordered the exit of the office building padlocked to prevent employees from leaving without his permission. A video of a security worker using heavy chains and large padlocks to seal off the exit of the Coding Ninjas office […]
Indian Official Drains Entire Reservoir to Recover Phone Dropped in Water
A Government official in India has been suspended after reportedly ordering an entire water reservoir to be drained just so he could recover the smartphone he had accidentally dropped into it. Rajesh Vishwas, a 32-year-old food inspector in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district, has become the talk of Indian social media because of his involvement in an […]
Indian Man Builds His Own Titanic-Shaped Villa
A farmer in India’s West Bengal state has been working on an unusual-looking house modeled after the famous RMS Titanic ship that sank after colliding with an iceberg. Mintu Roy, a man from Bengal’s Darjeeling district, has been dreaming of living in a house shaped like the Titanic since he was a small child growing […]