Getting visas to travel to the US has never been easy for people of certain nationalities, even for students who have already been accepted to a US university. During the pandemic, visa processing delays extended to a year or more. Sushmita Pathak reports from Delhi, India, that long delays remain because of the large numbers of applicants, forcing students to rethink their
India is home to around 100 million tribal people. Known by the umbrella term Adivasis, most of them reside in a handful of states in central and eastern India. They are nature worshippers and their faith is called Sarnaism. But it isn't recognized as one of India's major religions. Reporter Sushmita Pathak says Sarnaism supporters say that's unfair as they outnumber other
The14th Dalai Lama is now 88 years old. The Tibetan spiritual leader and prominent Buddhist figure is the longest-serving in the line of Dalai Lamas in Tibetan history. As he gets older, the prospect of his demise and what happens after is looming. Sushmita Pathak reports from Dharamshala, India, where Tibet's government-in-exile has been based for decades.This story
One of the most popular dishes in Indian cuisine is butter chicken with its creamy tomato gravy and succulent chicken marinated in subtle spices. But who exactly cooked it up first is the subject of an ongoing lawsuit in India. Two restaurateurs whose grandfathers moved to New Delhi from Pakistan as refugees and worked together in a small restaurant in the old part of the city