Jason Overdorf

Kabaddi, a contact sport combining elements of tag, rugby and capture the flag, was invented centuries ago and is now the second most popular sport in India after cricket.

Local newspapers feature almost daily reports of gruesome sexual assaults on infants and toddlers.

Modi's plan to root out corruption and tax evasion could end in a terrible recession.

Thanks to a Bollywood film, Professor Siras's suicide may wind up doing more for gay rights than India's usually liberal courts.

Muslims are being killed over beef, and India's credibility is at stake—along with a $10 billion beef, buffalo and leather industry.

Astrology is big business in India. It can also get you killed.

How India's most desperate state transformed itself to become a model for the rest of the country.

Midway through Vishal Bhardwaj's 2009 movie Kaminey (Scoundrels), the hero is captured by thugs looking to recover $2 million in stolen cocaine. As the goons torture him to find out where he's hidden the drugs, they run into a problem: he stammers so badly that they can't get a word out of him.

Experts estimate that corruption in India indirectly kills more than 8,000 people a day by diverting money from food programs into the pockets of crooked officials.

He may be shy, but his 100-day plan for India is strikingly bold.

New rules have exposed just how many thieves and murderers sit in India's Parliament.

Isolated from world trends, India's aspiring middle will help it grow through the credit storm.

Isolated from world trends, India's aspiring poor will help it grow through the credit storm.

India turns to the private sector for security New Delhi can't provide.

India avoids lashing out at Pakistan and its own Muslims after the Mumbai attacks.

Terrorism hasn't yet derailed India's growth story.

A local counterterrorism expert on India's vulnerabilities.

Despite the bloodshed, India's confidence is already shining through.

Upcoming elections in India could help usher an even more nationalist BJP back into power.

India may now be the world leader in deploying satellites that assist practical work on the ground.

While Asia reels from a food crisis, India is benefiting from three years of investment in farming.

In a drive to remain top table in New Delhi's fast-growing fine-dining scene, in August the Taj Mahal Hotel opened its second new restaurant in as many months.

For some time now, Indian firms have been growing in competitiveness; companies like Tata, Reliance, and the Aditya Birla Group now rival giant Western multinationals like General Electric and Procter & Gamble.

Delhi's bureaucrats bicker over cholera and the role of city drains and state sewers.

 Kamal Nath has become not only the voice of India in trade circles, but an advocate of the developing world.

Indian investigators suspect as many as 500 illegal transplants have been performed.

CEO Ratan Tata defends the Nano's environmental credibility

Tata's Nano may put millions of new drivers on the roads. It also may herald a new source of pollution.

When Tata Motors set out to build a $2,500 car, people said it couldn't be done. This week the company will unveil its vehicle of the future.

Mobile banking might save the government and banks money and reduce fraud that plagues the public-distribution system.