• Indian Muslim devotees break their fast with Iftar at the Masjid-E-Syedna-Omar Farooq in Hyderabad. Noah Seelam / AFP
    Indian Muslim devotees break their fast with Iftar at the Masjid-E-Syedna-Omar Farooq in Hyderabad. Noah Seelam / AFP
  • An Indian mahout uses an elephant to transport leaves along a street in Amritsar. Narinder Nanu / AFP
    An Indian mahout uses an elephant to transport leaves along a street in Amritsar. Narinder Nanu / AFP
  • Children ride bicycles along a flooded pathway following heavy rain in Allahabad. Sanjay Kanojia / AFP
    Children ride bicycles along a flooded pathway following heavy rain in Allahabad. Sanjay Kanojia / AFP
  • Kaveri, an eight-year-old hippopotamus, right, plays with her yet to be named three-day-old baby hippo inside their enclosure at the Bannerghatta National Park, south of Bangalore. Aijaz Rahi / AP Photo
    Kaveri, an eight-year-old hippopotamus, right, plays with her yet to be named three-day-old baby hippo inside their enclosure at the Bannerghatta National Park, south of Bangalore. Aijaz Rahi / AP Photo
  • A man walks with his bicycle through a water-logged street as it rains in Jammu. Channi Anand / AP Photo
    A man walks with his bicycle through a water-logged street as it rains in Jammu. Channi Anand / AP Photo
  • Indian Muslim shopkeepers break their fast outside the Hazrat Syed Shah Baba Mazar after heavy rain in Allahabad. Sanjay Kanojia / AFP
    Indian Muslim shopkeepers break their fast outside the Hazrat Syed Shah Baba Mazar after heavy rain in Allahabad. Sanjay Kanojia / AFP
  • A civic administration worker carries out fumigation using a fogging device to eradicate the mosquito menace in a slum area in Bangalore. Jagadeesh NV / EPA
    A civic administration worker carries out fumigation using a fogging device to eradicate the mosquito menace in a slum area in Bangalore. Jagadeesh NV / EPA
  • Muslims break fast during the holy month of Ramadan at the Jama Masjid (Grand Mosque) in the old quarters of Delhi. Anindito Mukherjee / Reuters
    Muslims break fast during the holy month of Ramadan at the Jama Masjid (Grand Mosque) in the old quarters of Delhi. Anindito Mukherjee / Reuters
  • A Muslim man calls for the evening prayer after breaking his fast during the holy month of Ramadan at the ruins of the Feroz Shah Kotla mosque in New Delhi. Adnan Abidi / Reuters
    A Muslim man calls for the evening prayer after breaking his fast during the holy month of Ramadan at the ruins of the Feroz Shah Kotla mosque in New Delhi. Adnan Abidi / Reuters

Inside India: July 2, 2015

James O’Hara

July 02, 2015

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Our weekly view of news and daily life on the Indian subcontinent.

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