The Morning Wrap is HuffPost India’s selection of interesting news and opinion from the day’s newspapers. Subscribe here to receive it in your inbox each weekday morning. Essential HuffPost Punjab’s ruling Congress secured a decisive win in the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat on Sunday, with Sunil Jakhar, the party’s candidate, winning by a margin of […]
More than 1 billion people escaped the grind of extreme poverty – defined as living on less than $1.90 a day – between 1990 and 2013. But despite the gains, the world remains a long way from eradicating poverty altogether, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, where large numbers of people continue to languish in extreme poverty with […]
Sumra Muslim potters return every year to Sarkhej Roza, where their goods are bought by Hindu wholesale traders, evoking secular unity By Gajanan Khergamker*, Ahmedabad, Gujarat Every morning, Rehman Sumra of Kheralu village in Mehsana district rummages through his wares, salvaging whatever he can, packing them for his annual journey to work. Each passing day […]
