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Arunabh Saikia

International Business Times

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India's Outcast Toilet Cleaners Keeping Hindu Festival Going

Millions of pilgrims hoping to cleanse their sins by ritual baths at India's Kumbh Mela festival rely on key lavatory workers to clear up behind them...

17.01.2025 10

International Business Times

Arunabh Saikia

India's Hindu Pilgrims: A Sea Of Humanity At Kumbh Mela

Millions of Hindu pilgrims are gathering in India to bathe in sacred waters for the six-week-long Kumbh Mela festival -- from the very old to babies,...

15.01.2025 8

International Business Times

Arunabh Saikia

India To Open Giant Hindu Festival For 400 Million Pilgrims

Vast crowds of Hindu pilgrims in India readied on Monday to bathe in sacred waters for the Kumbh Mela festival, with organisers expecting 400 million...

14.01.2025 8

International Business Times

Arunabh Saikia

The Farm Fires Helping To Fuel India's Deadly Air

Blazing flames light the sky as Indian farmer Ali Sher burns his fields to clear them for new crops, a common but illegal practice that is fuelling...

01.12.2024 2

International Business Times

Arunabh Saikia

With Hasina Gone In Bangladesh, A Rival Family Tastes Power

Two women dominated Bangladeshi politics for decades. One was chased into exile. The other is newly free from custody and too sick to rule, but her...

30.08.2024 2

International Business Times

Arunabh Saikia