steep

by SHEVETA BHATIA When city-based Lalit Singh decided to learn Bharatanatyam and Kathak at the age of 14, it was no easy decision for the Sikh, who had to battle age-old stigmas. “I was told that it’s a girls’ domain and that it did not pay. Relatives looked down upon me and friends mocked...

washingtonpost.com - KLAGENFURT, Austria, April 5 -- Thirteen hours into the ride, the bus's engine gave out, strained by the long nighttime haul up a winding Alpine road. The lights went out. Spirits dimmed among the 45 Polish pilgrims aboard, but they knew what to do. As the driver tinkered...