The charmer was wearing dark glasses, I recall now, and looked like a Beatnik with a basket instead of a bongo drum. He had very little to offer by way of humor, as I recall, but that's the way it ...

PURBA BISHNUPUR — Hundreds of people queued in a remote village in eastern India over the weekend to receive blessings from metres-long and potentially deadly snakes, thought to bring them good luck.

The show was hardly charming. Hawa Singh Nath carefully opened his bag inside the Hindu temple. He looked around, making sure the police were nowhere near. And then he pulled out his illegal goods–two ...

It is not uncommon to try out the snake dance during a drink-fuelled office or house party, making for silly timeline photos and regretting it later. The snake charmer was hired by the bridegroom’s ...