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Toppling a Delicate World

Being Gay and South Asian In America

That both Bharati and the man she was about to marry were gay was no secret to relatives who participated in the spectacle. Yet, they roared with beetle leaf-stained teeth at jokes like, “Marriage is about give and take. Husband gives money and wife takes it. Wife gives tension and husband takes it,” and whispered “first night tips” into her ear. Full story

The Snotty Noses and Bare Asses of India

When most Western photographs shoot in "exotic" places (read: anywhere that's not North America or Europe), the pictures look like they came out of the same, tired issue of 'National Geographic.' Nick Sethi's work, however, feels more natural, because he just hung out with locals… Full story

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Meet Kalpana Saroj, India's Dalit Queen

VICE co-founder Shane Smith meets real-life slum-dog millionaire Kalpana Saroj, who was once a Dalit at the very bottom of the Indian caste system and earned only pennies a day in a sweatshop. She eventually became a talented tailor, making $5 every day, and then miraculously ros… Full story

I Lost My Mind in Kashmir

Being trapped in a war zone with nothing but hash, opium, criminals, and your sister for company can really fuck with your sense of serenity. Full story

Django Django – 'WOR' (Official Video)

Django Django became obsessed with the infamous Indian Well of Death riders in Allahabad. So, naturally, they asked Noisey if we’d be up for traveling to India and standing in the middle of large lumps of speeding metal to film a video for their track "WOR." We happily obliged… Full story

Your Clothes Are Making Indian Cotton Farmers Commit Suicide

In the same month that 125 Bangladeshi fabric workers died in a factory fire, a film aiming to expose the tragedy of unrestricted globalized fashion called 'Dirty White Gold' reached its fundraising target of $27,000. The film begins by examining the hundreds of thousands of Indi… Full story

Our Constipation Tour of India

The Indian tourism industry has become so efficient at safely shepherding Westerners past the country’s landmark sights that pale-skinned travelers like ourselves could glide by easily without being touched by more than a few crumbs of dirt. Full story

The Burned and Bloodied Sex Workers of South Mumbai

An estimated 100,000 sex workers currently earn a living working in the brothels of South Mumbai’s red-light districts. Most of them are not there voluntarily, but, rather, have been sold into sex work, sometimes by a relative or trusted family friend. Life within the red-light d… Full story

India's Street Doctors Will Bleed the Sickness Right Out of You

Veteran bloodletter Mohammad Gyas watches as his son slices open the hands and feet of the sick with single-use razor blades in the gardens of a mosque in Old Delhi. A few feet away, a middle-aged arthritis sufferer leaps energetically onto a brick platform. Springing back down a… Full story

Wait, Are These Taxi Drivers Sleeping or Dead?

Hailing a cab in Mumbai can freak you the fuck out. Full story