• An activist of the Indian trade union group holds a party flag as he walks past a burning tyre during a daylong nationwide strike in the eastern Indian city Bhubaneswar. Biswaranjan Rout / AP Photo
    An activist of the Indian trade union group holds a party flag as he walks past a burning tyre during a daylong nationwide strike in the eastern Indian city Bhubaneswar. Biswaranjan Rout / AP Photo
  • Activists of a trade union group attempt to keep motorcyclists off the road during a strike in Bhubaneswar. Biswaranjan Rout / AP Photo
    Activists of a trade union group attempt to keep motorcyclists off the road during a strike in Bhubaneswar. Biswaranjan Rout / AP Photo
  • An elderly Hindu widow, holds a plate with Rakhi (a sacred thread tied on the wrists of brothers), sweets and oil lamps during the Raksha Bandhan festival in New Delhi. Altaf Qadri / AP Photo
    An elderly Hindu widow, holds a plate with Rakhi (a sacred thread tied on the wrists of brothers), sweets and oil lamps during the Raksha Bandhan festival in New Delhi. Altaf Qadri / AP Photo
  • Artists with their bodies painted with the likeness of tigers perform during the 'Pulikali' or Tiger Dance procession in Thrissur, Kerala state. Arun Sankar K / AP Photo
    Artists with their bodies painted with the likeness of tigers perform during the 'Pulikali' or Tiger Dance procession in Thrissur, Kerala state. Arun Sankar K / AP Photo
  • Naga sadhu, or naked Hindu holy man, pauses inside a tent during Kumbh Mela (Pitcher festival), at Trimbakeshwar. Bernat Armangue / AP Photo
    Naga sadhu, or naked Hindu holy man, pauses inside a tent during Kumbh Mela (Pitcher festival), at Trimbakeshwar. Bernat Armangue / AP Photo
  • An artist dances on the road during a procession marking the Hindu festival of Janmashtami, in New Delhi. Chandan Khanna / AFP
    An artist dances on the road during a procession marking the Hindu festival of Janmashtami, in New Delhi. Chandan Khanna / AFP
  • A young man holds his breath to expand his chest while being measured at an Army recruitment rally in Virar. Indranil Mukherjee / AFP
    A young man holds his breath to expand his chest while being measured at an Army recruitment rally in Virar. Indranil Mukherjee / AFP
  • Traders eat lunch next to closed shops at Barabazar during a 24 hour strike in Calcutta. Piyal Adhikary / EPA
    Traders eat lunch next to closed shops at Barabazar during a 24 hour strike in Calcutta. Piyal Adhikary / EPA
  • Drivers refresh from the warm temperatures by washing themselves in Calcutta. Piyal Adhikary / EPA
    Drivers refresh from the warm temperatures by washing themselves in Calcutta. Piyal Adhikary / EPA
  • Indian tourists walk through a gateway at the entrance of the Taj Mahal complex, towards the main mausoleum, in Agra. Alex Ogle / AFP
    Indian tourists walk through a gateway at the entrance of the Taj Mahal complex, towards the main mausoleum, in Agra. Alex Ogle / AFP
  • Police use water canons to disperse protesters near the Legislative Assembly in Lucknow. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Photo
    Police use water canons to disperse protesters near the Legislative Assembly in Lucknow. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Photo
  • A fleet of boats, now the only way to travel around due to floods, transport villagers in the affected Morigaon district of Assam state. EPA
    A fleet of boats, now the only way to travel around due to floods, transport villagers in the affected Morigaon district of Assam state. EPA

Inside India: September 3, 2015


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