• Hindu devotees gather on the banks of the River Ganges to take holy dips on the occasion of Somvati Amavasya in Haridwar. Sandeep Sharma / AP Photo
    Hindu devotees gather on the banks of the River Ganges to take holy dips on the occasion of Somvati Amavasya in Haridwar. Sandeep Sharma / AP Photo
  • A young man sits in a special chartered train bound for Patna, at the Bandra railway station in Mumbai. Divyakant Solanki / EPA
    A young man sits in a special chartered train bound for Patna, at the Bandra railway station in Mumbai. Divyakant Solanki / EPA
  • Firefighters battle to extinguish a fire at a fish and vegetables market in Calcutta. Piyal Adhikary / EPA
    Firefighters battle to extinguish a fire at a fish and vegetables market in Calcutta. Piyal Adhikary / EPA
  • A girl bathes in water leaking from a broken pipe valve, to cool herself down, on a hot summers day on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. Amit Dave / Reuters
    A girl bathes in water leaking from a broken pipe valve, to cool herself down, on a hot summers day on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. Amit Dave / Reuters
  • A boy walks on the tracks at a railway station in New Delhi. Adnan Abidi / Reuters
    A boy walks on the tracks at a railway station in New Delhi. Adnan Abidi / Reuters
  • An street cobbler covers his face with a cloth during a dust storm in New Delhi. Manish Swarup / AP Photo
    An street cobbler covers his face with a cloth during a dust storm in New Delhi. Manish Swarup / AP Photo
  • A Kashmiri fisherman holds his net as the sun sets over the Dal Lake in Srinagar. Mukhtar Khan / AP Photo
    A Kashmiri fisherman holds his net as the sun sets over the Dal Lake in Srinagar. Mukhtar Khan / AP Photo
  • Kashmiri Muslim women pray early morning at the Hazratbal shrine on the occasion of Mehraj-u-Alam on the outskirts of Srinagar. Faroog Khan / EPA
    Kashmiri Muslim women pray early morning at the Hazratbal shrine on the occasion of Mehraj-u-Alam on the outskirts of Srinagar. Faroog Khan / EPA
  • A Hindu holy man washes a domestic elephant on a hot summers day in Jammu. Channi Anand / AP Photo
    A Hindu holy man washes a domestic elephant on a hot summers day in Jammu. Channi Anand / AP Photo
  • Boys cool themselves at a fountain on a hot day in New Delhi. Tsering Topgyal / AP Photo
    Boys cool themselves at a fountain on a hot day in New Delhi. Tsering Topgyal / AP Photo
  • A Hindu woman ties a thread around a banyan tree to seek prosperity and longevity for her husband on Somvati Amavasya in New Delhi. Tsering Topgyal / AP Photo
    A Hindu woman ties a thread around a banyan tree to seek prosperity and longevity for her husband on Somvati Amavasya in New Delhi. Tsering Topgyal / AP Photo

Inside India: May 21, 2015

James O’Hara

May 21, 2015

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

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