Omkar Khandekar
Stories
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Business
Amazon India workers say they're overworked and mistreated during a brutal heat wave
Amazon India says it ensures breaks and worker safety, but workers tell NPR they're pressured not to stop for water or to use the toilet, especially while processing same-day orders.
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Asia
Kashmir is holding its first state elections since India brought it under direct rule
Residents of India-administered Kashmir begin voting in the first regional elections in a decade. It comes years after India's government stripped away the territory’s statehood.
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Asia
He won Kashmir's election from prison. What his victory may mean for India
In India's legislative elections that ended in June, Kashmiris turned out to vote in unprecedented numbers. But who they voted for tells you about the mood in the restive territory.
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World
In Kamala Harris' ancestral village in India, people cheer her U.S. presidential bid
The residents of Thulasendrapuram in southern India are rooting for Kamala Harris, whose maternal grandfather lived in the village a century ago. They've organized prayers for her in the local temple.
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World
More than 120 people are killed in one of India's deadliest stampedes
An official inquiry is under way to determine what caused the stampede at a religious gathering in northern India.
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Health
What it's like living through a 121 degree day
For the most vulnerable in New Delhi, it's a struggle to survive. Ishtiyaq, 24, who sells the cooling yogurt drink lassi in a bazaar, says: “What can I say brother? The poor must endure it all.”
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World
In India's elections, many say cash-for-votes is an open secret
Cash-for-votes is such a pervasive problem in India that the election commission says it seized nearly half a billion dollars of cash and inducements before the polls even opened last month.
