A vendor in Calcutta, India, rearranges demon heads made of earthen clay at his stall Sunday prior to worship of the Hindu goddess Kali. Hindu devotees offer demon heads to Kali wishing fulfillment of their prayers. Kali, who traditionally is associated with death and destruction as well as with time and change, is worshiped in some parts of India during Diwali or Deepavali, the festival of lights that falls on Tuesday. ...more

October 27, 2008

Thousands of panicked pilgrims stampeded Sunday at a remote mountaintop temple in northern India during celebrations to honor a Hindu goddess, sending dozens of people plummeting to their deaths and trampling scores more. ...more

August 4, 2008

A 2-year-old girl who was born with four arms and four legs left a hospital in southern India on Saturday, little more than a month after surgeons successfully removed her extra limbs. ...more

December 16, 2007

"The Indian Clerk," by David Leavitt (Bloomsbury, $24.95) ...more

November 11, 2007