• A policeman uses a baton to disperse demonstrators during a protest by government employees demanding their long pending arrears in Srinagar. Danish Ismail / Reuters
    A policeman uses a baton to disperse demonstrators during a protest by government employees demanding their long pending arrears in Srinagar. Danish Ismail / Reuters
  • A young boy plays badminton in a slum area of Kolkata. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
    A young boy plays badminton in a slum area of Kolkata. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
  • Flowers and money are placed by the villagers near the carcass of an Asiatic elephant before being buried in Sakrapani village in South Kamrup district of Assam state. According to local villagers the male elephant had an encounter a few weeks before when he entered their village in search of food. The elephant died because of its injuries. EPA
    Flowers and money are placed by the villagers near the carcass of an Asiatic elephant before being buried in Sakrapani village in South Kamrup district of Assam state. According to local villagers the male elephant had an encounter a few weeks before when he entered their village in search of food. The elephant died because of its injuries. EPA
  • Women fill water containers from an underground tank beside closed shops on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. Amit Dave / Reuters
    Women fill water containers from an underground tank beside closed shops on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. Amit Dave / Reuters
  • People are caught in a dust storm in New Delhi. Anindito Mukherjee / Reuters
    People are caught in a dust storm in New Delhi. Anindito Mukherjee / Reuters
  • A homeless girl swings her sister in a hammock along the roadside in Bangalore. Jagadeesh NV / EPA
    A homeless girl swings her sister in a hammock along the roadside in Bangalore. Jagadeesh NV / EPA
  • A man rests on a steel cantilever, supporting a bridge, on river Sabarmati in a hot day in Ahmadabad. Ajit Solanki / AP Photo
    A man rests on a steel cantilever, supporting a bridge, on river Sabarmati in a hot day in Ahmadabad. Ajit Solanki / AP Photo
  • A woman is pictured through a bullet hole in a tin sheet in Lalhar, south of Srinagar. Danish Ismail / Reuters
    A woman is pictured through a bullet hole in a tin sheet in Lalhar, south of Srinagar. Danish Ismail / Reuters
  • A Kashmiri family look out from the window of their house near the site of a gunbattle in Srinagar. Mukhtar Khan / AP Photo
    A Kashmiri family look out from the window of their house near the site of a gunbattle in Srinagar. Mukhtar Khan / AP Photo
  • Members of Durga Vahini, the women's wing of hardline Vishwa Hindu Parishad, show their self-defence skills at the concluding ceremony of a weeklong women's training camp on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. Amit Dave / Reuters
    Members of Durga Vahini, the women's wing of hardline Vishwa Hindu Parishad, show their self-defence skills at the concluding ceremony of a weeklong women's training camp on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. Amit Dave / Reuters
  • A homeless girl sleeps in a hammock along the roadside in Bangalore. Jagadeesh NV / EPA
    A homeless girl sleeps in a hammock along the roadside in Bangalore. Jagadeesh NV / EPA

Inside India: May 26, 2016

Fatima Al Marzouqi

May 26, 2016

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

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Director: Sriram Raghavan

Producer: Matchbox Pictures, Viacom18

Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, Tabu, Radhika Apte, Anil Dhawan

Rating: 3.5/5

if you go

The flights

Emirates fly direct from Dubai to Houston, Texas, where United have direct flights to Managua. Alternatively, from October, Iberia will offer connections from Madrid, which can be reached by both Etihad from Abu Dhabi and Emirates from Dubai.

The trip

Geodyssey’s (Geodyssey.co.uk) 15-night Nicaragua Odyssey visits the colonial cities of Leon and Granada, lively country villages, the lake island of Ometepe and a stunning array of landscapes, with wildlife, history, creative crafts and more. From Dh18,500 per person, based on two sharing, including transfers and tours but excluding international flights. For more information, visit visitnicaragua.us.

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