• Indian children react as they experience a ride at a fairground before the burning of effigies of demon King Ravana, during Dussehra celebrations on the outskirts of New Delhi, India. Altaf Qadri / AP Photo
    Indian children react as they experience a ride at a fairground before the burning of effigies of demon King Ravana, during Dussehra celebrations on the outskirts of New Delhi, India. Altaf Qadri / AP Photo
  • People ride on swings at a fairground as the sun sets in the background on the ocassion of Dussehra festival in Faridabad, a suburb of New Delhi, India. Money Sharma / EPA
    People ride on swings at a fairground as the sun sets in the background on the ocassion of Dussehra festival in Faridabad, a suburb of New Delhi, India. Money Sharma / EPA
  • Kashmiri Muslim protesters and Indian police paramilitary soldiers clash during protests after Eid al-Adha prayers in Srinagar, India. Farooq Khan / EPA
    Kashmiri Muslim protesters and Indian police paramilitary soldiers clash during protests after Eid al-Adha prayers in Srinagar, India. Farooq Khan / EPA
  • People and vehicles pass through the busy Lal Chowk area of Srinagar, India. Farooq Khan / EPA
    People and vehicles pass through the busy Lal Chowk area of Srinagar, India. Farooq Khan / EPA
  • A clay idol of goddess Durga floats in a river following immersion at Agartala, India. Arindam Dey / AFP
    A clay idol of goddess Durga floats in a river following immersion at Agartala, India. Arindam Dey / AFP
  • People watch as an effigy of the ten headed demon King Ravana is burnt during the Hindu festival of Dussehra in the northern Indian city of Amritsar, India. Munish Sharma / Reuters
    People watch as an effigy of the ten headed demon King Ravana is burnt during the Hindu festival of Dussehra in the northern Indian city of Amritsar, India. Munish Sharma / Reuters
  • An Indian villager carries a child past a house where four members of a family were reported to have been killed in cross-border firing between Indian and Pakistani soldiers at Mashe de Kothe village in the Arnia sector near the India-Pakistan border. Stringer / AFP
    An Indian villager carries a child past a house where four members of a family were reported to have been killed in cross-border firing between Indian and Pakistani soldiers at Mashe de Kothe village in the Arnia sector near the India-Pakistan border. Stringer / AFP
  • Indian Muslims offer prayers during Eid al-Adha at the Vasi Ullah mosque in Allahabad, India. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Photo
    Indian Muslims offer prayers during Eid al-Adha at the Vasi Ullah mosque in Allahabad, India. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Photo
  • An Indian artist prepares backstage to play the role of Demon King Ravana, during the Ramlila or 'Lord Rama's Play,' a traditional performance of the Ramayana epic, on the occassion of Dussehra, in Mumbai, India. Divyakant Solanki / EPA
    An Indian artist prepares backstage to play the role of Demon King Ravana, during the Ramlila or 'Lord Rama's Play,' a traditional performance of the Ramayana epic, on the occassion of Dussehra, in Mumbai, India. Divyakant Solanki / EPA
  • An Indian worker rides upside down to push a giant wheel at a fair ground before the burning of effigies of demon king Ravana during Dussehra celebrations on the outskirts of New Delhi, India. Altaf Qadri / AP Photo
    An Indian worker rides upside down to push a giant wheel at a fair ground before the burning of effigies of demon king Ravana during Dussehra celebrations on the outskirts of New Delhi, India. Altaf Qadri / AP Photo

Inside India: October 9, 2014

James O’Hara

October 09, 2014

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