Ajmer Sarif, India
A Fakir - Muslim Sufi ascetic in Middle East and South Asia. The Faqirs were wandering Dervishes teaching Islam and living on alms.
Pawel Bienkowski
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India
Rajni, a severely malnourished 2-year-old girl, is weighed by health workers at the Nutritional Rehabilitation Center of Shivpuri district in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, Feb. 1. India has failed to reduce its high prevalence of child malnutrition despite its economy doubling between 1990 and 2005 to become Asia’s third largest. A recent government-supported survey said 42 percent of children under age 5 are underweight - almost double that of sub-Saharan Africa - compared to 43 percent five years ago. The statistic - which means 3,000 children are dying daily due to illnesses related to poor diets - prompted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to admit that malnutrition was “a national shame” and was putting the health of the nation in jeopardy.
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Adnan Abidi/Reuters
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India
Indian dancers from Uttar Pradesh wearing traditional clothing wait before performing at the opening of the Surajkund Fair in Faridabad, Haryana, just outside New Delhi.
Kevin Frayer/AP
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India
A woman sits at the site of a fire in Kolkata, India, where over a thousand people were rendered homeless after at least 100 shanties were destroyed by the blaze.
Bikas Das/AP
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India
Protesting women symobolically spin their green shawls above their heads to express their unity during the ‘Bangalore Chalo’ protest rally in Bangalore. The rally, participated by farmers and their wives, was organised to protest corruption in the state of Karnataka.
Manjunath Kiran—AFP/Getty Images
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India
“How does a child’s face completely encompass an indescribable, other-worldly experience?” - Another Story
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India
Indian artists Kandha Panday, right, and Shiva Sharma dressed as Hindu god Rama and his brother Lakshman have paint applied to their faces ahead of a religious procession during the Dussehra festival in Allahabad, India on Wednesday. The Dussehra festival commemorates the victory of Rama over Ravana, an evil ruler who had abducted Rama’s wife, Sita Devi. Rama killed Ravana to free Sita. The burning of effigies of Ravana, signifying the victory of good over evil, brings the festivities to a close.
Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP
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India
A young Indian girl counts on an abacus, Sept. 7, at a school in Allahabad, India on International Literacy Day. According to the 2011 Indian Census, the country’s literacy rate is 74.04% of the total population aged seven and above.
Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP
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India
Village Ladies from Kumayoon are waiting in a que to get the local bus which takes them to the city.
Tuhin
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India
This boy has shaven his hair to make a sacrifice for his gods. He has put santal wood paste on his head to cool down the razor’s effects.
© Eric Lafforgue
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India
A young Indian Hindu devotee looks at the camera while being dressed as Lord Krishna as she waits to participate in the “Rath Yatra”, along with Sri Krishna devotees from the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), in Kolkata. According to mythology, the Rath Yatra dates back some 5,000 years when Hindu God Krishna along with his older brother Balaram and sister Subhadra were pulled on a chariot from Kurukshetra to Vrindavana by Krishna’s devotees.
Dibyangshu Sarkar-AFP/Getty Images
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India
“Most emotive face I have ever seen. No matter what his feelings are, this is the only facial expression he has. It was very surprising and interesting at the same time, how he got those wrinkles. When we asked his age, he said he would be around 45 years old. I’m sure he would be much older than what he thinks he is.” - Yug_and_her
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