https://lifeinindia.org/2026-10-02T00:00:00.000Zhttps://lifeinindia.org/og/home.pngA slow record of how most Indians live.Life in Indiahttps://lifeinindia.org/about/2026-10-02T00:00:00.000Zhttps://lifeinindia.org/ai/https://lifeinindia.org/archive/2026-10-02T00:00:00.000Zhttps://lifeinindia.org/archive/2026/01/2026-01-22T00:00:00.000Zhttps://lifeinindia.org/archive/2026/07/2026-07-06T00:00:00.000Zhttps://lifeinindia.org/archive/2026/08/2026-08-01T00:00:00.000Zhttps://lifeinindia.org/archive/2026/09/2026-09-30T00:00:00.000Zhttps://lifeinindia.org/archive/2026/10/2026-10-02T00:00:00.000Zhttps://lifeinindia.org/corrections/https://lifeinindia.org/follow/2026-10-02T00:00:00.000Zhttps://lifeinindia.org/licence/https://lifeinindia.org/long-view/2026-10-02T00:00:00.000Zhttps://lifeinindia.org/long-view/1-banchhada-community-sex-work/2026-09-25T00:00:00.000Zhttps://lifeinindia.org/og/long-view-1.pngGirls of the Banchhada community in Neemuch, Mandsaur and Ratlam are expected to enter sex work. A running record of family debt, the marriage market, jati panchayats, and the resistance led by community youth.The Banchhadas, and what is expected of their daughtershttps://lifeinindia.org/long-view/2-right-to-walk-footpaths/2026-09-29T00:00:00.000Zhttps://lifeinindia.org/og/long-view-2.pngGandhi, bareheaded, a short walking stick held down at his side, walks at the head of a column of men in white khadi and caps along a tree-shaded road; behind him a man carries a tambura upright.After walking became a fundamental righthttps://lifeinindia.org/long-view/3-india-jobs-unemployment/2026-09-30T00:00:00.000Zhttps://lifeinindia.org/og/long-view-3.pngOfficial surveys count low unemployment, but young graduates wait years for salaried posts while millions take up farm work and unpaid family labour. Economists and surveys track who works, at what, and why secure jobs remain scarce.Who works, who waits, and what the jobs numbers leave outhttps://lifeinindia.org/long-view/4-india-business-groups-market-power/2026-09-30T00:00:00.000Zhttps://lifeinindia.org/og/long-view-4.pngTwo young women in checked saris carry stacks of cotton bobbins along a row of spinning machines in a Bombay textile mill; a man stands among the frames behind them.India’s business groups and the argument over their powerhttps://lifeinindia.org/long-view/5-india-heat-deaths-heatwaves/2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Zhttps://lifeinindia.org/og/long-view-5.pngAn old man in a turban and a loose cotton shirt, barefoot, stands between two trees on a dusty maidan, a leather water bag slung at his side; behind him, through the trees, are the arches of a large stone building.Nights that do not cool, deaths that go uncounted: India's heathttps://lifeinindia.org/long-view/6-private-equity-hospitals-india/2026-10-02T00:00:00.000Zhttps://lifeinindia.org/og/long-view-6.pngA hospital out-patients' room with whitewashed walls and a ceiling fan. On the left a woman in white sits writing at a table set with bowls and bottles, and a girl in a white shawl waits beside it. Behind a wooden rail, a crowd of women in white wraps, some holding children, stand and sit in line, and a nurse in a white uniform and headscarf stands among them.Who owns India's hospitals now: private equity in health care