WEST BENGAL, INDIA — Child marriage is an ancient practice in India, and despite being illegal, it continues today in mostly rural areas. Nearly half of women in India are married before the age ...

In rural India, young girls of the Saraniya community are often forced to turn to prostitution to support their families—unless they’re married first. These photos document a mass wedding of ...

Indian police have arrested more than 2,000 men in a crackdown on illegal child marriages involving girls under the age of 18 in a northeastern state, officials said Saturday. Skip to content Close ...

Aarabu Ahmad Sultan's images of child beggars in the Indian capital, ... In pictures: Indian child beggars. Published. 29 July 2014. Share. ... a young girl begs in the busy business district of ...

Setting a poverty line of 32 rupees ($0.64 ) per day for urban India and 26 rupees ($0.52) for rural India, the Planning Commission is able to boast that rural poverty has dropped by 8%.

Indian experts say at least six-million female fetuses have been eliminated during the past 20 years due to sex-selective abortions. A recent study by the British medical journal The Lancet put ...

A young girl shows a photo of her husband, who was picked up by the police as part of its crackdown on child marriage.(AP: Anupam Nath:) Indian police have arrested more than 2,000 men in a ...