Christmas in India is mainly celebrated by 25 million Christians – under 3 percent of the population. But in recent years, the festival has become very popular across India’s religious spectrum. For Earth Beat, here’s an essay about how Christmas has changed in the last 30 years.

Disabled communities in India are still seen as being less than “normal”. For Lata Umrania who is totally blind, her handicap has closed her out of the job she’s trained and qualified to do perfectly well – teach. And being disabled is also hard for those in the marriage market, as Shailesh Kulkarni found out.