Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. When Nek Chand became a roads inspector in 1951, the north Indian city of Chandigarh was in the midst of a dramatic reinvention.

Indian sprinter Dutee Chand [she/her], 25, came out publicly as a lesbian in 2019, and is recorded as one of her country's first out LGBTQ+ sportspeople. Chand is India's current women's 100m ...

A member of India’s national track and field team, Dutee Chand, 23, was previously known for fighting for the right to race against other women. She has hyperandrogenism, a condition that ...