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Nimisha Jaiswal

Nimisha Jaiswal is a reporter based in India.
Shabbir Hussain reaches the finish line of the Khardung La Ultra Marathon, coming in first with a time of 6 hours and 23 minutes.
Culture
In a fragile ecosystem, people converge to run at 11,000 feet
India's Supreme Court
Justice
Gay rights activists find new hope as India recognizes the right to privacy
A general view of the residential apartments is pictured at Gurgaon, on the outskirts of New Delhi
Economics
If you’re single, a lawyer or Muslim, Delhi’s apartments aren’t for you
A security woman stands guard outside the Group of TB Hospitals in Mumbai, India
Health
India’s battle with TB continues to take lives. And treatment is still hard to manage.
A television journalist sets up his camera inside the premises of the Supreme Court
Leaders
Indian court rules that men need protection from women making unsubstantiated domestic harassment claims
Vrindavan widows Holi
Culture
India is asking why its festival of colors is an excuse for groping
Srinivas Kuchibhotla vigil
Economics
After Kansas, Indians fear for the safety of their loved ones in Trump’s America
Sign language in India
Justice
With a deaf community of millions, hearing India is only just beginning to sign
Hindu Sena for Trump
Global Politics
In India, Trump’s victory draws exhilaration and fear
a man crosses a road in New Delhi, India
Health
Behind Delhi’s thick cloud of smoke? A lot of denial.
Free Kashmir graffiti
Conflict
Another uneasy peace in Kashmir? Locals say it’s meaningless.
Muslim women India marriage divorce
Religion
Muslim women in India are in a Supreme Court fight for equal divorce rights
Mumbai meat shop beef ban
Food
Only one in five Indians is really vegetarian
Justice
Three shocking cases where rape is not rape in India
Culture
To ‘Om’ or not to ‘Om’? Yoga Day stirs up anger in the land of its birth
Culture
India’s top university demands your 100 percent. Literally
Culture
In Modi’s censor-happy India, American TV has no sex, crime, or cows
Agence France-Presse
Now even cabs are too dangerous for Indian women
Culture
Why witches are still being beheaded in India
Sexuality
India’s surging porn users rebel against surprise ban of 857 websites
Health
Viral rap makes us feel good about South India cleanup. What happens when we look away?
Religion
What to do when 300,000 music-blasting pilgrims flood your city
Culture
Are you smart enough to pass India’s civil servant exam? (No.)
Religion
Why some Indians are fighting for the right to starve to death
Sexuality
India’s politicians blame rape on Chinese food, cell phones, jeans
Culture
India’s nightmarishly tough schools might finally cut down the workload
Agence France-Presse
Enraged Mumbai residents to government: Hands off our chicken tikka
Conflict
For once, the Indian army didn’t get away with murder in Kashmir
Agence France-Presse
In Delhi, women rage against ‘infantilizing’ 7:30 p.m. curfews
Business, Finance & Economics
Why rich Indian landowners are rioting to be seen as oppressed
Health
8 million new toilets later, India isn’t much cleaner
Agence France-Presse
El Niño could help California’s drought — but it will make India’s much worse
Religion
Why India’s beef lynching is not about a dead cow
Agence France-Presse
India is terrible at punishing attacks on journalists. Here’s how terrible
Agence France-Presse
Video of a worker being beaten to death highlights a labor abuse crisis in India
Agence France-Presse
To fight its rape problem, India pushes for trying teens as adults
Health
India is learning what happens when you treat sanitation workers like garbage
Politics
Why it took a lost Indian girl 10 years — and a Bollywood movie — to get home
Religion
India’s biggest festival is really bad for its health
India street cow
Lifestyle
Should India get its cows off the streets?
Leaders
How India built the International Space Station, and other lessons from an Indian propaganda video
Technology
Why the US should hold on to Indian students
Lifestyle
Why India’s Uber rival had to replace its cabs with boats
Health
Being HIV-positive can get you kicked out of school in India
Politics
If there’s one thing India won’t tolerate, it’s being called intolerant
Health
Here’s Delhi’s best answer to its air pollution crisis
Technology
The future looks bright for solar power in India
Technology
Why Indians are turning down Facebook’s free internet
Politics
India and Pakistan were on the brink of real progress. Then everything went wrong
Culture
Why cow-loving India wants to keep bullfighting
Politics
On Gandhi’s death anniversary, not everyone is grieving
Justice
A student suicide is forcing India to talk about caste
Justice
It’s still a crime to be gay in India. But activists are ready to celebrate
Religion
Women are demanding the right to worship at India’s temples
Agence France-Presse
Being black in India can be deadly
Agence France-Presse
Why India’s university protests don’t just matter to students
Religion
India doesn’t appreciate the US judging its religious freedom
Justice
Why India’s minister of women thinks we need to accept marital rape
Hindu Sena birthday party Donald Trump
Global Politics
Birthday boy: Why Donald Trump has a fan following in India
India roads
Development
Drivers who kill people in India have little to worry about