Linda Viera Caballero (born March 9, 1969), known as La India, is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter of salsa and Latin pop. La India has been nominated for both Grammy and Latin Grammy Awards, winning the Latin Grammy Award for Best Salsa Album for the "Intensamente La India Con Canciones De Juan Gabriel" album. Her stage name, La India, was given to her by her grandmother because of her dark features and long, straight, black hair.