Chhavi Sachdev

A group of students at the Calicut Medical College wanted to get people to speak more openly about menstruation. So they launched a poetry contest.

Mumbai’s dabbawallas, a lunch delivery collective, have begun gathering extra food from events and dropping it off with the homeless.

It’s a spring religious festival in India. People spatter each other with colored powder and spray lots of water. This year’s drought is changing the tradition — to the dismay of many.

When the rains come to Bangalore, India, residents have to navigate a bizarre urban hazard — a lake that froths up and fills the city with a toxic and sometimes flammable foam.