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  • An overiew of the state capital Kohima, Nagaland, India. Although originally an Angami Naga Homeland, Kohima is now home for all the Nagas because of its administrative status. Nagaland, among  the smallest and most isolated of India's northeast states, is a place of paradoxes - simultaneously Christian and pagan, traditional and cutting edge, dependent on largesse from New Delhi and yet craving for independence. ..Kohima hosts the annual Hornbill Festival, where the state's 16 tribes show off their traditional ceremonial dress, dances and cuisine for both gawking tourists and locals, some of whom are far more attuned to Western fashions than the Western visitors. The festival also features a national rock contest - a battle of the bands that attracts aspiring young musicians from throughout India. The contest has been promoted by the state government as a way to connect young Nagas with the rest of India and build a viable music industry. By providing fresh opportunities for talented Nagas, the state hopes to lessen the attraction of underground insurgent groups. These groups have waged war against the Indian government for more than 60 years - making it perhaps Asia's longest running insurgency. But lately the two main rebel factions - each of which has a ceasefire with the Indian government - have engaged in fraticidal killings and extortion, resulting in many deaths and scaring off desperately-needed outside investment. Photograph: Sanjit Das
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  • Electronic Polling machines as seen in a polling booth in Asia School, Bodakdev area of Ahmedabad, Gujarat India. About 49 per cent of the 3.65 crore electorate today exercised their franchise in the single phase polling in the state's 26 Lok Sabha constituencies on April 30th 2009.
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  • A government official is seen checking and matching the names of the voter ID holders before they cast their votes in a polling booth in Asia School, Bodakdev area of Ahmedabad, Gujarat India. About 49 per cent of the 3.65 crore electorate today exercised their franchise in the single phase polling in the state's 26 Lok Sabha constituencies on April 30th 2009.
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  • A government official is seen checking and matching the names of the voter ID holders before they cast their votes in a polling booth in Asia School, Bodakdev area of Ahmedabad, Gujarat India. About 49 per cent of the 3.65 crore electorate today exercised their franchise in the single phase polling in the state's 26 Lok Sabha constituencies on April 30th 2009.
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  • A government official is seen checking and matching the names of the voter ID holders before they cast their votes in a polling booth in Asia School, Bodakdev area of Ahmedabad, Gujarat India. About 49 per cent of the 3.65 crore electorate today exercised their franchise in the single phase polling in the state's 26 Lok Sabha constituencies on April 30th 2009.
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  • A government official places the indelible ink on the voters' finger before they cast their votes in a polling booth in Asia School, Bodakdev area of Ahmedabad, Gujarat India. About 49 per cent of the 3.65 crore electorate today exercised their franchise in the single phase polling in the state's 26 Lok Sabha constituencies on April 30th 2009.
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  • A government official is seen checking and matching, and finally signing the names of the voter ID holders before they cast their votes in a polling booth in Asia School, Bodakdev area of Ahmedabad, Gujarat India. About 49 per cent of the 3.65 crore electorate today exercised their franchise in the single phase polling in the state's 26 Lok Sabha constituencies on April 30th 2009.
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  • A voter is seen casting his vote on the electronic polling machine in a polling booth in Asia School, Bodakdev area of Ahmedabad, Gujarat India. About 49 per cent of the 3.65 crore electorate today exercised their franchise in the single phase polling in the state's 26 Lok Sabha constituencies on April 30th 2009.
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  • A voter is seen casting his vote on the electronic polling machine in a polling booth in Asia School, Bodakdev area of Ahmedabad, Gujarat India. About 49 per cent of the 3.65 crore electorate today exercised their franchise in the single phase polling in the state's 26 Lok Sabha constituencies on April 30th 2009.
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  • Electronic Polling machines as seen in a polling booth in Asia School, Bodakdev area of Ahmedabad, Gujarat India. About 49 per cent of the 3.65 crore electorate today exercised their franchise in the single phase polling in the state's 26 Lok Sabha constituencies on April 30th 2009.
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  • Control unit of the Electronic Polling machine as seen in a polling booth in Asia School, Bodakdev area of Ahmedabad, Gujarat India. About 49 per cent of the 3.65 crore electorate today exercised their franchise in the single phase polling in the state's 26 Lok Sabha constituencies on April 30th 2009.
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  • Locals are seen  in a polling booth in Asia School, Bodakdev area of Ahmedabad, Gujarat India. About 49 per cent of the 3.65 crore electorate today exercised their franchise in the single phase polling in the state's 26 Lok Sabha constituencies on April 30th 2009.
    sdas20090430_3rdpahsepolling_gujarat...jpg
  • A government official is seen checking and matching the names of the voter ID holders before they cast their votes in a polling booth in Asia School, Bodakdev area of Ahmedabad, Gujarat India. About 49 per cent of the 3.65 crore electorate today exercised their franchise in the single phase polling in the state's 26 Lok Sabha constituencies on April 30th 2009.
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  • Luggage and camping equipment is carried on horse back for the "Walking On The World's Rooftop" Pad Yatra. ..His Holiness the Twelfth Gyalwang Drukpa, the head of the Drukpa Lineage to arrive in the outskirts of Hemis in Shwang. "Walking On The World's Rooftop" Pad Yatra from Manali to Ladakh, of 400kms was focused at raising awareness awareness of His Holiness' charitable projects including education , environment and cultural preservation of tribal people from the area. Accompanied on the Yatra by large numbers of Buddhist monks, nuns, foreigners and local villagers. The culmination of the Pad Yatra coincides with the colourful age-old Hemis festival in Leh, Ladakh, India.
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  • Luggage and camping equipment is carried on horse back for the "Walking On The World's Rooftop" Pad Yatra. ..His Holiness the Twelfth Gyalwang Drukpa, the head of the Drukpa Lineage to arrive in the outskirts of Hemis in Shwang. "Walking On The World's Rooftop" Pad Yatra from Manali to Ladakh, of 400kms was focused at raising awareness awareness of His Holiness' charitable projects including education , environment and cultural preservation of tribal people from the area. Accompanied on the Yatra by large numbers of Buddhist monks, nuns, foreigners and local villagers. The culmination of the Pad Yatra coincides with the colourful age-old Hemis festival in Leh, Ladakh, India.
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  • Luggage and camping equipment is carried on horse back for the "Walking On The World's Rooftop" Pad Yatra. ..His Holiness the Twelfth Gyalwang Drukpa, the head of the Drukpa Lineage to arrive in the outskirts of Hemis in Shwang. "Walking On The World's Rooftop" Pad Yatra from Manali to Ladakh, of 400kms was focused at raising awareness awareness of His Holiness' charitable projects including education , environment and cultural preservation of tribal people from the area. Accompanied on the Yatra by large numbers of Buddhist monks, nuns, foreigners and local villagers. The culmination of the Pad Yatra coincides with the colourful age-old Hemis festival in Leh, Ladakh, India.
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  • Luggage and camping equipment is carried on horse back for the "Walking On The World's Rooftop" Pad Yatra. ..His Holiness the Twelfth Gyalwang Drukpa, the head of the Drukpa Lineage to arrive in the outskirts of Hemis in Shwang. "Walking On The World's Rooftop" Pad Yatra from Manali to Ladakh, of 400kms was focused at raising awareness awareness of His Holiness' charitable projects including education , environment and cultural preservation of tribal people from the area. Accompanied on the Yatra by large numbers of Buddhist monks, nuns, foreigners and local villagers. The culmination of the Pad Yatra coincides with the colourful age-old Hemis festival in Leh, Ladakh, India.
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  • Luggage and camping equipment is carried on horse back for the "Walking On The World's Rooftop" Pad Yatra. ..His Holiness the Twelfth Gyalwang Drukpa, the head of the Drukpa Lineage to arrive in the outskirts of Hemis in Shwang. "Walking On The World's Rooftop" Pad Yatra from Manali to Ladakh, of 400kms was focused at raising awareness awareness of His Holiness' charitable projects including education , environment and cultural preservation of tribal people from the area. Accompanied on the Yatra by large numbers of Buddhist monks, nuns, foreigners and local villagers. The culmination of the Pad Yatra coincides with the colourful age-old Hemis festival in Leh, Ladakh, India.
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  • The Victoria Memorial in Kolkata, West Bengal  on Friday, May 26, 2017. Photographer: Sanjit Das
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  • Customers seen at the Indian Coffee House on College Street in Kolkata, West Bengal  on Friday, May 26, 2017. Photographer: Sanjit Das
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  • Penang's famous Asam Laksa is posed for a photo in Georgetown of Penang, Malaysia. Photo: Sanjit Das/Panos
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  • Pedestrians cross the street at a busy intersection in downtown Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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  • Patients and their family members wait to meet the doctors during the OPD hours in Duncan Hospital in Raxaul of East Champaran district of Bihar, India. Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos for Legatum Foundation
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  • Shop vendors wait for customers at their kebab stall in Nizamuddin, New Delhi, India.
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  • Pakistani and Indian supporters at the cricket ground during the final match at the Firozshah Kotla cricket stadium in New Delhi, India.
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  • Balram Singh (centre) coaches young cricketers from the Calcutta Parsee Club during their regular practice session at the maidan in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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  • A man bathes in the street in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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  • Swedish designer, Sophia Edstrand of Sophia 203 poses for a portrait in her workshop in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
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  • Local Rajasthani printer prints designs on fabric using wooden blocks at a factory in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
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  • Local Rajasthani printer prints designs on fabric using wooden blocks at a factory in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
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  • A group of men sit outside a makeshift shop in the in Belgharia township outside of Dhanbad in Jharkhand, India. Families from various villages with underground fires have been rehabilitated in Belgharia township. Photo: Sanjit Das/Panos
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  • 60 year old Laxman Guhiya poses for a portrait next to his house in Bokapahari village in Jharia, outside of Dhanbad in Jharkhand, India.  Photo: Sanjit Das/Panos
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  • Pedestrians seen in the busy marketplace in Jharia, outside of Dhanbad in Jharkhand, India.  Photo: Sanjit Das/Panos
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  • A view of the lake surrounded by mountains in Sheeshnag, along the Amarnath trekking route in Kashmir, India. Hindu pilgrims brave sub zero temperature and high latitude passes and make their pilgrimage to reach the sacred Amarnath cave, which houses a lingam - a stylized phallus, worshiped by Hindus as a symbol of God Shiva. Photo: Sanjit Das/Panos
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  • 14 year old Latif Khan practices his Dholak skills with his father, Ghewar Khan in their house in Hamira village of Jaiselmer district in Rajasthan, India. Photo: Sanjit Das/Panos
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  • A whole sale dealer vendors speaks to a customer at the whole sale fruits and vegetable market in Azadpur Mandi in Old Delhi, India. Photo: Sanjit Das/Panos for Time
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  • A Chinese man takes a nap in the private part of the hotel lobby of the Galaxy Macau Hotel in Macau, China.
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  • Pedestrians walk past the Casino Lisboa, one of the oldest of Macau's many casinos in Macau, China.
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  • Pedestrians walk past rows of jewellery stores Dariba Kalan in Old Delhi, India. Photo: Sanjit Das/Panos Pictures
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  • A porter seen carrying luggage outside the busy New Delhi Railway Station in New Delhi, India. Photo: Sanjit Das/Panos
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  • An attendant walks past a patient as she lies on the stretcher outside the Operation Theatre of the Narayana Hrudayalaya in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Photo: Sanjit Das/Panos
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  • A nurse feeds through a tube to 6 month old Baby Kaushik sleeps at the Intensive Therapy Unit of the Pediatric Section of the Narayana Hrudayalaya in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Dr. Shetty conducted an open heart surgery on the child a day before. Photo: Sanjit Das/Panos
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  • Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty (right) stops to take a phone call as he enters the Operation theatre at the Narayana Hrudayalaya in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Photo: Sanjit Das/Panos
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  • Family members of the patients seen waiting in the waiting lounge of the Narayana Hrudayalaya in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Photo: Sanjit Das/Panos
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  • Residents enquire about the UID programme during the national identity enrollment process in Mysore city in Karnataka. Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos
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  • A Buddhist monks is seen inside the kitchen of the ancient Punakha Dzong (fortress) in Punakha, Bhutan. Phunakha was the capital of Bhutan and the seat of government until 1955, when the capital was moved to Thimphu. Punakha is the administrative centre of Punakha dzongkhag, one of the 20 districts of Bhutan. Photo: Sanjit Das/Panos
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  • A Buddhist monk meditates while turning the beads outside the Ramtanka Temple in Paro, Bhutan. Photo: Sanjit Das/Panos
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  • 12 year old Aayushi Dwedi plays sitar in a class in a music class at the Academy of Indian Classical Music in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, India. Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos
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  • Pilgrims visit the ancient city of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, India. Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos
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  • Vendors carry on with their daily chores in the ancient city of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, India. Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos
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  • Mourners sit on the ghats while the dead body of their relative burns in the background at the Harishchandra Ghat in the ancient city of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, India. Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos
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  • French architect, Francois Tesniere (centre) is seen instructing his labourers in an old house he is renovating in the UNESCO heritage city of Georgetown in Penang, Malaysia. Photo: Sanjit Das/Panos
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  • An old woman walks with a little girl in Village Sirisgura in Bastar district of Chattisgarh, India. The local villagers are protesting against Tata and the local government for forcibly acquiring their village. Photo: Sanjit Das/Panos for The Times
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  • Villagers wait outside the enrollment centre in Naagaaram village, outskirts of Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh, India. India is assigning each one of its 1.2 billion people a unique ID number based on digital finger prints and iris scan. Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos
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  • Residents of Delhi gather on the overpass to watch the laser lights preparations at the main stadium for the approaching 19th Commonwealth Games 2010 in New Delhi, India.
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  • After a long days' work, miners gather to wash themselves in village Bokapahari in Jharia, Jharkhand, India. miners work for 9-10 hours a day and make Rs.150 ($3.5) a day loading the coal trucks in the BCCL coal mines in Jharia. Coal fires rage just below the surface of the ground, making it too hot to walk with naked feet, noxious gases spew up from fissures, making the environment toxic. Photo: Sanjit Das
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  • Young children dig out coal from the open cast mines and carry them back to their village in Borapahari in Jharia, Jharkhand, India.  Photo: Sanjit Das
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  • A customer waits while a tailor is seen stitching in his makeshift tailoring shop in village Bokapahari in Jharia, Jharkhand, India. Coal fires rage just below the surface of the ground, making it too hot to walk with naked feet, noxious gases spew up from fissures, making the environment toxic. Residents who live above the furnace make $2 a day collecting small chunks of coal they sell to illegal middlemen. One or two houses collapse annually into vast underground caverns left unfilled by abandoned mining operations. Photo: Sanjit Das
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  • A rickshaw puller is seen pushing the rickshaw with packaging cardboards in Calcutta, India. 93 out of every 100 rickshaw pullers are homeless. They sleep after the city sleeps and wake up before everyone else does. Many of them are the sole bread earners for their family. Many plus 40. Many minus any other specialisation for any other job. Of the twenty four thousand rickshaw pullers, only 387 have licenses. .Many rickshaw pullers earn a meagre wage of 100-150 rupees (US $ 2.25-3.5) a day of which they have to give a daily rickshaw rent of 60 (US$ 1.35) rupees to the agent at the end of the day.
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  • A rickshaw puller takes his customer through the monsoon rain in Calcutta, India. 93 out of every 100 rickshaw pullers are homeless. They sleep after the city sleeps and wake up before everyone else does. Many of them are the sole bread earners for their family. Many plus 40. Many minus any other specialisation for any other job. Of the twenty four thousand rickshaw pullers, only 387 have licenses. .Many rickshaw pullers earn a meagre wage of 100-150 rupees (US $ 2.25-3.5) a day of which they have to give a daily rickshaw rent of 60 (US$ 1.35) rupees to the agent at the end of the day.
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  • Chefs prepare rice using the steam generated by the solar panels (on the roof) in the kitchen of the Sai Prasadalaya in Shirdi, Maharashtra, India. The prasadalaya at the Shirdi Sai Baba Shrine is powered by a large array of concave mirrors that transform sunlight to energy to create hot water and steam for the cooking process. The Prasadalaya feeds an approximate number of 30000 Sai Baba devotees as a Prasad (holy meal) every day. Free Prasad meals are served to all the devotees. An approximate number of 1000 devotees are served everyday with this facility. Expenses for a plate of Prasad meal  is around Rs. 15/- but the Saibaba Sansthan provides prasad meals to all Sai devotees to Rs. 6/- only. Photograph: Sanjit Das
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  • Surrogate mother for first western couple, Rabina Mondal (31) shows the file photograph of Karen Kim with her son Brady who the first baby to a western couple delivered on February 2nd 2007 at the Akanksha Infertility Centre & IVF Centre in Anand, Gujarat, India. Rabina  now mentors surrogate mothers and houses women throughout their pregnancy.
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  • An Indian worker is seen at the construction site of the Adani Power plant in Mundra port industrial city of Gujarat, India. Indian power companies have handed out dozens of major contracts to Chinese firms since 2008. Adani Power Ltd have built elaborate Chinatowns to accommodate Chinese workers, complete with Chinese chefs, ping pong tables and Chinese television. Chinese companies now supply equipment for about 25% of the 80,000 megawatts in new capacity.
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  • The dining hall of the Chinese colony of Adani Power plant in Mundra port industrial city of Gujarat, India. Indian power companies have handed out dozens of major contracts to Chinese firms since 2008. Adani Power Ltd have built elaborate Chinatowns to accommodate Chinese workers, complete with Chinese chefs, ping pong tables and Chinese television. Chinese companies now supply equipment for about 25% of the 80,000 megawatts in new capacity.
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  • An Indian construction worker is seen at the site of the Adani Power plant of 4620 MW capacity in Mundra port industrial city of Gujarat, India. Indian power companies have handed out dozens of major contracts to Chinese firms since 2008. Adani Power Ltd have built elaborate Chinatowns to accommodate Chinese workers, complete with Chinese chefs, ping pong tables and Chinese television. Chinese companies now supply equipment for about 25% of the 80,000 megawatts in new capacity.
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  • Chinese engineer from Sepco is seen with Indian workers at the construction site of the Adani Power plant of 4620 MW capacity in Mundra port industrial city of Gujarat, India. Indian power companies have handed out dozens of major contracts to Chinese firms since 2008. Adani Power Ltd have built elaborate Chinatowns to accommodate Chinese workers, complete with Chinese chefs, ping pong tables and Chinese television. Chinese companies now supply equipment for about 25% of the 80,000 megawatts in new capacity.
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  • A Maria tribal woman is seen with her infant child in Godhari village in Orcha block of Chattisgarh, India. Photo: Sanjit Das
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  • Local residents gather outside a video hall showing Bollywood movies in the slums of Dharavi, in Mumbai, India.
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  • Kondh tribes get together to celebrate their annual festival in Lanjigarh, Orissa, India.
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  • A little boy is seen in Dinghia village in Orissa, India.
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  • 55 year old Rama and her grand daughter Jyoti look on as Shiv Kumar  (foreground) speaks of his woes of late rain affecting his livelihood with no paddy production this season outside his house in Village Rajagaon in Block Machreta of Uttar Pradesh, India. The 4 month annual rainfall is crucial to summer sown crops as 60% of the farmlands are rainfed. North India experienced scanty rainfall in late june to july. Till August, rain in India has been 26% below 5 year average. Late rains moist the fields but it is not enough for rice, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses. Late rains also damage the alternate crops that need less water.
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  • Tourists gather to take photos of statues and dancers as they are brought out for a performance at the Hemis Monastery (gompa) of the Drukpa Lineage, located in Hemis, 45 kms away from Leh in Ladakh. ..His Holiness the Twelfth Gyalwang Drukpa, the head of the Drukpa Lineage (proponents of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition) ended his "Walking On The World's Rooftop" Pad Yatra from Manali to Hemis Monestary in Ladakh.
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  • Local Laddakhis gather outside the Hemis Monastery to listen to His Holiness the Twelfth Gyalwang Drukpa, the head of the Drukpa Lineage. His Holiness finished his, "Walking On The World's Rooftop" Pad Yatra (walk) from Manali to Ladakh. The 400 kms walk was focused at raising awareness awareness of His Holiness' charitable projects including education, environment and cultural preservation of tribal people from the area. The culmination of the Pad Yatra coincides with the colourful age-old Hemis festival in Leh, Ladakh, India.
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  • 50 year old, Tsering Disket is a local villager and is seen waiting for His Holiness the Twelfth Gyalwang Drukpa, the head of the Drukpa Lineage to arrive in the outskirts of Hemis in Shwang. "Walking On The World's Rooftop" Pad Yatra from Manali to Ladakh, of 400kms was focused at raising awareness awareness of His Holiness' charitable projects including education , environment and cultural preservation of tribal people from the area. Accompanied on the Yatra by large numbers of Buddhist monks, nuns, foreigners and local villagers. The culmination of the Pad Yatra coincides with the colourful age-old Hemis festival in Leh, Ladakh, India.
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  • A doctor comes out to inform the patients' family of the successful operation as they wait outside the operation theatre at the local hospital in Chalisgaon, Maharashtra, India. Rotary Club organises a free medical camp for the poor and needy. India's leading Micro and plastic surgeons visit the medical camp and provide free medical service.
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  • 35 year old Sonawani suffered with burn contractures after the kerosene stove burst in her kitchen. She travelled from Nandgaon, 25 kms to visit the corrective surgeons at the local hospital in Chalisgaon, Maharashtra, India. Rotary Club organises a free medical camp for the poor and needy. India's leading Micro and plastic surgeons visit the medical camp and provide free medical service.
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  • Soldiers of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Assam Police are seen providing security to the goods train in Haflong city. The Dima Halam Daogah aka Jewel group has attacked the trains a few times and  train service to Haflong is discontinued for sometime now. Ethnic clashes are regularly taking place between Zeme Nagas and the Dimasa tribe in North Cachar Hills in Assam, India.
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  • One of the victims of ethnic violence, Kailash poses in front of his burnt house in Jorai village. On 8th May 200, suspected Zeme Naga groups attacked Jorai, a Dimasa village. They burnt down 10 out of 13 houses but spared the school and the community centre, where most of the families are taking shelter. Ethnic clashes are regularly taking place between Zeme Nagas and the Dimasa tribe in North Cachar Hills in Assam, India.
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  • Kashmiri demonstrators raise anti-India and anti-election slogans and clash with Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and J&K Police during a protest in downtown Srinagar on May 8, 2009. Separatists oppose the holding of elections in Kashmir, arguing that they will not resolve the future of the disputed territory, held in part by India and Pakistan but claimed in full by both...Kashmir went into polls on the 4th round of Indian general elections. About 26 percent polling was recorded in the Indian parliamentary elections held in Kashmir on Thursday, May 7th 2009. The poll percentage was on the higher side this year as compared to 2004 polls when 15.04 percent polling was recorded.
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  • Kashmiri demonstrators raise anti-India and anti-election slogans and clash with Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and J&K Police during a protest in downtown Srinagar on May 8, 2009. Separatists oppose the holding of elections in Kashmir, arguing that they will not resolve the future of the disputed territory, held in part by India and Pakistan but claimed in full by both...Kashmir went into polls on the 4th round of Indian general elections. About 26 percent polling was recorded in the Indian parliamentary elections held in Kashmir on Thursday, May 7th 2009. The poll percentage was on the higher side this year as compared to 2004 polls when 15.04 percent polling was recorded.
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  • Kashmiri demonstrators raise anti-India and anti-election slogans and clash with Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and J&K Police during a protest in downtown Srinagar on May 8, 2009. Separatists oppose the holding of elections in Kashmir, arguing that they will not resolve the future of the disputed territory, held in part by India and Pakistan but claimed in full by both...Kashmir went into polls on the 4th round of Indian general elections. About 26 percent polling was recorded in the Indian parliamentary elections held in Kashmir on Thursday, May 7th 2009. The poll percentage was on the higher side this year as compared to 2004 polls when 15.04 percent polling was recorded.
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  • Pious muslims are seen offering friday prayers in the Jamia Masjid in downtown Srinagar, summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, India. ..Kashmir went into polls on the 4th round of Indian general elections. About 26 percent polling was recorded in the Indian parliamentary elections held in Kashmir on Thursday, May 7th 2009. The poll percentage was on the higher side this year as compared to 2004 polls when 15.04 percent polling was recorded.
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  • Soldiers from the paramilitary force, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Jammu & Kashmir Police are seen patrolling the streets on empty streets in the downtown area of Nowhatta, Srinagar, summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, India. A 50 hour curfew was imposed on May 5th to boycott the elections on May 7, 2009. ..Kashmir went into polls on the 4th round of Indian general elections. About 26 percent polling was recorded in the Indian parliamentary elections held in Kashmir on Thursday, May 7th 2009. The poll percentage was on the higher side this year as compared to 2004 polls when 15.04 percent polling was recorded.
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  • A soldier from the paramilitary force, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is seen patrolling the streets on empty streets in the downtown area of Nowhatta, Srinagar, summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, India. A 50 hour curfew was imposed on May 5th to boycott the elections on May 7, 2009. ..Kashmir went into polls on the 4th round of Indian general elections. About 26 percent polling was recorded in the Indian parliamentary elections held in Kashmir on Thursday, May 7th 2009. The poll percentage was on the higher side this year as compared to 2004 polls when 15.04 percent polling was recorded.
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  • Boatmen are seen selling vegetables on the floating market on the Dal lake in Srinagar, summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, India. ..Kashmir went into polls on the 4th round of Indian general elections. About 26 percent polling was recorded in the Indian parliamentary elections held in Kashmir on Thursday, May 7th 2009. The poll percentage was on the higher side this year as compared to 2004 polls when 15.04 percent polling was recorded.
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  • An overview of the house-boats on the Dal lake in Srinagar, summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, India. ..
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  • This poor family's house was destroyed by cyclone Nargis near the city of Thanlyin, 70 kms east of Myanmar's main city Yangon, was devastated by cyclone Nargis when it hit the Irrawaddy delta on May 3 2008, killing tens of thousands. But no help has reached this village in days. NAMES WITHHELD
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  • " I couldn't think of anything else, so I picked this up..." says the 10 year ld Zin Min Oo as he poses for a photograph with his toy truck...Refugees from the 7th ward, Hlaing Thayar township take shelter in the Swethanlwin building shopping complex which is  under construction and has acted as a small refugee centre outside of capital Yangoon, Myanmar.
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  • Factory workers check and inhale the aroma of the first flush tea leaves after the drying process at the Makaibari Tea estate, in Darjeeling, India
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  • Factory manager, Sanjay Mukherjee keeps a keen eye on the process of rolling of tea leaves at Makaibari Tea Estate factory, Kurseong in Darjeeling, India.
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  • Workers pick first flush tea leaves at the Makaibari Tea estate, in Darjeeling, India.
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  • A rickshaw puller sits on a pavement in Kolkata, India, on Saturday, May 27, 2017. Photographer: Sanjit Das
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  • A man speaks on a phone as a butcher slices meat at a market stall in Kolkata, India, on Saturday, May 27, 2017. Photographer: Sanjit Das
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  • Vendors prepare sweets at a street stall in the New Market area of Kolkata, India, on Saturday, May 27, 2017. Photographer: Sanjit Das
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  • A boat sits on the hoogly river in the Howrah area of Kolkata, India, on Friday, May 26, 2017. Photographer: Sanjit Das
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  • Interiors of St. Paul's Cathedral noted for its Gothic architecture is seen in Kolkata, West Bengal on Thursday, May 25, 2017. Photographer: Sanjit Das
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  • A butcher is seen skinning the skull of a buffalo in his shop at the century-old Sir Stuart Hogg Market, also known as the New Market in Kolkata, West Bengal  on Friday, May 26, 2017. Photographer: Sanjit Das
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  • Customers sit to eat lunch at a make shift street food stall in BBD Bagh in Kolkata, West Bengal  on Friday, May 26, 2017. Photographer: Sanjit Das
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  • Pedestrians walk along the renovated British Colonial buildings on Park Street in Kolkata, West Bengal  on Friday, May 26, 2017. Photographer: Sanjit Das
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  • Pedestrians walk along the renovated British Colonial buildings on Park Street in Kolkata, West Bengal  on Friday, May 26, 2017. Photographer: Sanjit Das
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