West Bengal long suffered cancerous effects of arsenic-laced water, but projects to provide clean water show promise.
![Arsenic Crisis [Shaikh Azizur Rahman/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/c3d14e462f874fc3a0366da7a07a1fb7_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

West Bengal long suffered cancerous effects of arsenic-laced water, but projects to provide clean water show promise.
![Arsenic Crisis [Shaikh Azizur Rahman/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/c3d14e462f874fc3a0366da7a07a1fb7_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Confectioners in Indian city of Kolkata make a killing by selling uniquely-designed nirbachoni mishti or poll sweets.

Initiative in Chennai aims to cut out middlemen and get women who carry and deliver children for others a better deal.
![In 2011, some 2,000 childless couples from abroad used the services of Indian surrogate mothers [Ravi Chandran/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/201432785737200360_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
A cross-section of Muslims share their views, as BJP’s prime ministerial candidate woos them for their votes.
![Muslim voters play a decisive role in more than 100 of India's 543 parliamentary seats [File: EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20143374356390734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Kangaroo courts run by village elders come under scanner following gang rape of woman as “punishment” in West Bengal.
![Maoists are known to hold people's courts where police informers are severely punished [Samir Mondal]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2014131752462734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Thailand’s navy has accused journalists of defamation after a report alleged it helped human traffickers.
![Thousands of Rohingya board boats operated by human traffickers each year aiming to reach Malaysia [Asiapix]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/201411122950867734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Launch of Indian TV serial scripted by controversial Bengali author deferred overs fears of unrest.
![Seveal Muslim groups are demanding that Taslima Nasreen be not given shelter in India [Shaikh Azizur Rahman/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/201312197245354734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Facing religious discrimination in the Hindu-dominated job market, many are forced to assume fake identities.
![A Muslim street vendor in Kolkata dresses up as a Hindu to attact buyers [Shaikh Azizur Rahman /Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013129135337826734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Islamic seminaries with modern curriculum in eastern Indian state of West Bengal are helping to bridge religious divide.
![More than 60% of the students in Orgram Chatuspalli High Madrassa are non-Muslims [Shaikh Azizur Rahman/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013111815455945734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)