Jaipur (India)

Following the fourth cast's premiere in "Love, Loss, and What I Wore," theater-goers proceeded from Westwood's Geffen Playhouse to the Napa Valley Grille for food and the chance to continue sharing fashion memories with the play's newest actors:...

Get up close and personal with one of the animal kingdom’s weightiest—and most interesting—mammals, the elephant. A new volunteer program, sponsored by the nonprofit organization United Planet, is based at an elephant sanctuary in...

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NEW DELHI — A first-time visitor to New Delhi might think Indians are addicted to coffee. There are at least 10 coffee shops in Connaught Place, the city's financial and commercial hub, most within sight of each other and doing well. But if...

Salman Rushdie to be their keynote speaker. They may have gotten more than they bargained for. Salman Rushdie's plans to attend this weekend's Jaipur Literature Festival in India has brought pressure down on organizers, with state officials urging them to...

Controversial author Salman Rushdie has been the talk of India's Jaipur Literature Festival, despite the fact that he bowed out of attending after police issued a warning -- later called into question -- that he might face an assassination attempt....

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The “Jaipur Foot” has changed lives in India, Mark Magnier writes for The Times. The low-cost prosthetic device can be attached to an artificial leg of any length, allowing amputees to walk....

Under a searing afternoon sun, red dust covering my clothes and clinging to the sweat clotting at the back of my neck, I head deep into hunting grounds for maharajahs of old and royals of the modern day. I'm on my very first safari, on my first trip to...

The driver tossed our bags into the trunk of a white Ambassador cab and pressed his palms together. "Welcome to India, sir. Is this your wife?" "No, she's my mother." Mom giggled; neither of us was sure whether the driver's motivation was flattery...

A series of bomb blasts killed at least 54 people Tuesday in one of India's most popular tourist cities, injuring scores of others and triggering panic in busy market areas, authorities said. Eight explosions struck the western city of Jaipur within a...