Feb 28th, 2010 · Bhosle has recorded 12,000 songs and is featured on the soundtracks of more than 800 films. Her voice is easily recognized by a billion people in South Asia and around the world. Her influence has extended far beyond India, too: She's recorded with the boy band Red Code, the contemporary classical Kronos Quartet and even pop star Boy George.
Feb 4th, 2010 · Talks have been stalled since the 2008 siege on Mumbai, which left 166 people dead. India blamed the attack on Pakistan-based militants. The United States has been pressuring the countries to resume talks, which would free up Islamabad to concentrate on its fight against Taliban militants.
Feb 3rd, 2010 · Connoisseurs of the rarified sport of cricket still speak in whispers of the scandal, 34 years ago, when an Englishman was accused of rubbing Vaseline into the ball to make it swerve more. That affair pales by comparison with the uproar in Australia this week when Pakistan's captain was caught on camera biting a cricket ball like an apple. Ball-tampering is considered the worst form of skullduggery in the so-called Gentleman's Sport. The loudest protests have come from Pakistan's arch-rival, India.
Jan 25th, 2010 · The Jaipur Literature Festival in the Indian city of Jaipur, in the desert state of Rajasthan, attracts Nobel laureates, Pulitzer and Booker prize winners, celebrities and thousands of lovers of literature from around the world.
Jan 17th, 2010 · Many thousands of people lined the streets of the city of Kolkata Sunday as a large white hearse, festooned with red flags bearing the hammer and sickle, slowly carried away the man known as India's "Marxist Patriarch."
Jan 4th, 2010 · The Secret Service says a person not on the guest list who was traveling with the Indian delegation was allowed into a White House state dinner for India's prime minister in November. The service says this person was screened at the hotel with the rest of the Indian delegation who attended the dinner.
Dec 28th, 2009 · In a country of more than a billion people, with one of the biggest film industries in the world, Kailash Kher has made a significant mark on India's music world. Kher and his band Kailasa have helped transform the music of a country dominated by the pop music of its film industry. Here, Kailasa stops by NPR's Studio 4A for a performance and conversation with host Michel Martin.
Dec 26th, 2009 · More than 40 feared dead in India bridge collapse