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  • A gun owner proudly poses with his firearm after getting it repaired on the popular gun street in Latouche Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. Owning a gun is directly related to pride in Uttar Pradesh, but it is mandatory to deposit the firearms to the local police stations before and during elections. Ironically, the political party members deposit the bigger guns, but carry the small arms with them all the time.
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  • A gun owner proudly poses with his firearm after getting it repaired on the popular gun street in Latouche Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. Owning a gun is directly related to pride in Uttar Pradesh, but it is mandatory to deposit the firearms to the local police stations before and during elections. Ironically, the political party members deposit the bigger guns, but carry the small arms with them all the time.
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  • A gun mechanic is seen working on a revolver in a gun repair shop on the popular gun street in Latouche Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. Owning a gun is directly related to pride in Uttar Pradesh, but it is mandatory to deposit the firearms to the local police stations before and during elections. Ironically, the political party members deposit the bigger guns, but carry the small arms with them all the time. The firearm mechanic claims that business (of small firearms) flourishes before the elections.
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  • A young boy is seen working in a gun repair shop on the popular gun street in Latouche Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.  Owning a gun is directly related to pride in Uttar Pradesh, but it is mandatory to deposit the firearms to the local police stations before and during elections. Ironically, the political party members deposit the bigger guns, but carry the small arms with them all the time. The firearm mechanic claims that business (of small firearms) flourishes before the elections.
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  • A gun owner and a Bahujan Samajwadi Party worker proudly poses with his firearm after getting it repaired on the popular gun street in Latouche Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. Owning a gun is directly related to pride in Uttar Pradesh, but it is mandatory to deposit the firearms to the local police stations before and during elections. Ironically, the political party members deposit the bigger guns, but carry the small arms with them all the time.
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  • A mother is seen with her malnutritioned child in Maharani Laxmibai Medical College in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India. The Indian government spends $1.4 billion a year - on programs that include weighing newborn babies, counseling mothers on healthy eating and supplementing meals, but none of this is yeilding results. According to UNICEF, some 48% of Indian children, or 61 million kids, remain malnourished, the clinical condition of being so undernourished that their physical and mental growth are stunted. Photo: Sanjit Das/Panos for The Wall Street Journal.Slug: IMALNUT
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  • Young children play in the rain in Rajagaon village in Machreta block 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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  • 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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  • Bharatiya Janta Party's candidate, and minister of parliament, Yogi Aditya Nath speaks to the gathered audience in villages during his campaign in the outskirts of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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  • Migrant labourers are loaded onto the truck after the days' work at the construction site of the Asia's Biggest Dome, the Kashi Ram Smarak built by Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Mayawati in Lucknow, India. The dalit chief minister, Mayawati is channeling huge state funds into making statutes of herself with her mentor, Kashi Ram all across Lucknow.
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  • A young boy is seen walking his cattle on barren farmlands in village Rajagaon in Block Machreta of Uttar Pradesh, India. Most of the fertile farmland is lying barren and has small grass growing because of late rains. Villagers are happy for at-least there is grass for the cattle to graze. 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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  • Sushil Kumar, one of the most influential land owners in Village Rajagaon in Block Machreta of Uttar Pradesh, India poses for a portrait in his barren farmland. He produces peppermint, rice, wheat and sugarcane but late rains have affected his production this season. 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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  • Villagers gather to discuss their problems of late rain affecting their crop production 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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  • Bahujan Samajwadi Party's candidate, Dhananjay Singh (centre) and his party members react to question asked by the journalist during a campaign rally for his party in the outskirts of city Jaunpur, India. Dhananjay Singh is one of the many political leaders with criminal background contesting in the elections this year in Uttar Pradesh.
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  • Sant Ram is paid Rs. 130 (US$ 2.5) after the day's work at the construction site of Asia's Biggest Dome, the Kashi Ram Smarak built by Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Mayawati in Lucknow, India.  The dalit chief minister, Mayawati is channeling huge state funds into making statutes of herself with her mentor, Kashi Ram all across Lucknow.
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  • Migrant workers seen at the construction site of the Uttar Pradesh chief minister's, Mayawati's dream project - the (Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) monument at the Dr. Ambedkar Park in Lucknow, India. The dalit chief minister, Mayawati is channeling huge state funds into making statutes of herself with her mentor, Kashi Ram all across Lucknow.
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  • The dalit chief minister, Mayawati is channeling huge state funds into making statutes of herself with her mentor, Kashi Ram all across Lucknow. These expensive statues made of 8 different minerals are yet to be revealed. Mayawati had order one of statues to be broken down as it was 'shorter' than the statue of her mentor, Kanshi Ram. The state capital, Lucknow looks like a big construction site and the entire city is given a facelift with stones. Construction is on full swing and migrant labourers come to work from Rajasthan and rural parts of Uttar Pradesh.
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  • 19 year old Mira, mother of the 9 month malnutritioned grandson, Raj speaks with her family members at the 'Nutritional Reahabilitation Centre' at the pediatrics section of Maharani Laxmibai Medical College in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India. The Indian government spends $1.4 billion a year - on programs that include weighing newborn babies, counseling mothers on healthy eating and supplementing meals, but none of this is yeilding results. According to UNICEF, some 48% of Indian children, or 61 million kids, remain malnourished, the clinical condition of being so undernourished that their physical and mental growth are stunted. Photo: Sanjit Das/Panos for The Wall Street Journal.Slug: IMALNUT
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  • 25 year old mother, Sushma is seen with her 11 month malnutritioned daughter, Shilpi at the 'Nutritional Reahabilitation Centre' at the pediatrics section of Maharani Laxmibai Medical College in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India. The Indian government spends $1.4 billion a year - on programs that include weighing newborn babies, counseling mothers on healthy eating and supplementing meals, but none of this is yeilding results. According to UNICEF, some 48% of Indian children, or 61 million kids, remain malnourished, the clinical condition of being so undernourished that their physical and mental growth are stunted. Photo: Sanjit Das/Panos for The Wall Street Journal.Slug: IMALNUT
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  • Parents of an ill child are seen with their malnutritioned child at the pediatrics section of the Maharani Laxmibai Medical College in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India. The Indian government spends $1.4 billion a year - on programs that include weighing newborn babies, counseling mothers on healthy eating and supplementing meals, but none of this is yeilding results. According to UNICEF, some 48% of Indian children, or 61 million kids, remain malnourished, the clinical condition of being so undernourished that their physical and mental growth are stunted. Photo: Sanjit Das/Panos for The Wall Street Journal.Slug: IMALNUT
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  • Anganwadi workers from different villagers gather to discuss agenda and programmes in the Government Block office in Moth town in Uttar Pradesh, India. The Indian government spends $1.4 billion a year - on programs that include weighing newborn babies, counseling mothers on healthy eating and supplementing meals, but none of this is yeilding results. According to UNICEF, some 48% of Indian children, or 61 million kids, remain malnourished, the clinical condition of being so undernourished that their physical and mental growth are stunted. Photo: Sanjit Das/Panos for The Wall Street Journal.Slug: IMALNUT
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  • A young passenger is seen sticking his head out of the emergency window of the sleeper class train of the Indian Railways at the Lucknow railway station in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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  • Children are seen carrying firewood in rain 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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  • A young boy is attempting to catch the calf in village Rajagaon in Block Machreta of Uttar Pradesh, India. Most of the fertile farmland is lying barren and has small grass growing because of late rains. Villagers are happy for at-least there is grass for the cattle to graze. 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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  • A young boy is seen walking his cattle back to the village Rajagaon in Block Machreta of Uttar Pradesh, India. Most of the fertile farmland is lying barren and has small grass growing because of late rains. Villagers are happy for at-least there is grass for the cattle to graze. 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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  • Ram Dass (right) poses for a portrait in his barren farmland  in village Rajagaon of block Machreta in Uttar Pradesh, India. Late rains have affected his livelihood adversely. Instead of his farming, he has started doing daily wage labour to feed his 20 member family. 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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  • Villagers are seen next to their barren farmlands in village Rajagaon of block Machreta in 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 yea 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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  • Suryapal Singh shows the oilseeds in his farmland in village Purabaiju, in Lagunj, Uttar Pradesh, India. During the normal rain, the oil seeds would have been ready, but are now dwarfed because of less rain. Less rains have affected his crop production adversely. 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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  • 28 year old, Ravindra Kumar, one of the farmers of Village Rajagaon in Block Machreta of Uttar Pradesh, India points to his barren farmland. He usually produces rice, wheat and sugarcane but this season he has been unable to grow any crop because of late rains. 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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  • Construction workers mend the bridge over Indira Canal in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, India. This canal is the main source of irrigation water for the whole region. 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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  • A farmer is seen ploughing his farmland in Akhori village in Unnao in Rae Bareli, 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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  • Children seen in Village Hanumangarhi in Bundelkhand area of Uttar Pradesh, India. The feudal system still exists in these areas in Uttar Paradesh. Boys enjoy dominance, while girls are hugely discriminated. King of Rampura, Raja Keshwendra Singh (not seen in this picture) still enjoys the stature of a King in this modern day and age.
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  • Gajendra (centre) and Surinder Singh (right), both former dreaded dacoit outside the temple in Village Hanumangarhi, Dist - Jalaun, in Bundelkhand area of Uttar Pradesh, India. The feudal system still exists in these areas in Uttar Paradesh. King of Rampura, Raja Keshwendra Singh (not seen in this picture) still enjoys the stature of a King in this modern day and age.
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  • Laxmi Devi (right) looks on as Surati Devi (background) praises the Bahujan Samajwadi Party's candidate, Mukhtar Ansari in her hut in Gona village, in Gazipur area of Uttar Pradesh..Since getting as many votes as possible is the agenda of any of the parties in UP, Mayawati's party, Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) has given the tickets to criminals who have enough clout in their region. One such, Mukhtar Ansari is in jail for the past 3 years and is awaiting trails for more than two dozen alleged crimes, including murder. Inspite of being in jail, he is in touch with his loyalists and contesting for elections from jail itself. He has a stature of a modern day Robin Hood.
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  • Young children buy cold drinks from a street vendor outside the Jamat-ul-Rashad Madrasa in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India.The Muslim youths are terrified and frightened. Police atrocities are on the rise against the muslim community. Teenagers and young men are picked up without warrants by the UP-ATS from villages of the district Azamgarh, the maligning of boys from a whole district as terrorists. These men may be picked up and implicated in false cases and confessions will be taken out of them through torture.
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  • President of Ulema Council, Aamir Rashadi Madni is seen in his room in Jamat-ul-Rashad Madrasa in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. The Muslim youths are terrified and frightened. Police atrocities are on the rise against the muslim community. Teenagers and young men are picked up without warrants by the UP-ATS from villages of the district Azamgarh, the maligning of boys from a whole district as terrorists. These men may be picked up and implicated in false cases and confessions will be taken out of them through torture.
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  • President of Ulema Council, Aamir Rashadi Madni is seen in his room in Jamat-ul-Rashad Madrasa in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. The Muslim youths are terrified and frightened. Police atrocities are on the rise against the muslim community. Teenagers and young men are picked up without warrants by the UP-ATS from villages of the district Azamgarh, the maligning of boys from a whole district as terrorists. These men may be picked up and implicated in false cases and confessions will be taken out of them through torture.
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  • President of Ulema Council, Aamir Rashadi Madni is seen in his room in Jamat-ul-Rashad Madrasa in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. The Muslim youths are terrified and frightened. Police atrocities are on the rise against the muslim community. Teenagers and young men are picked up without warrants by the UP-ATS from villages of the district Azamgarh, the maligning of boys from a whole district as terrorists. These men may be picked up and implicated in false cases and confessions will be taken out of them through torture.
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  • Religious muslim children are seen learning the Holy Quran by heart in Jamat-ul-Rashad Madrasa in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. The Muslim youths are terrified and frightened. Police atrocities are on the rise against the muslim community. Teenagers and young men are picked up without warrants by the UP-ATS from villages of the district Azamgarh, the maligning of boys from a whole district as terrorists. These men may be picked up and implicated in false cases and confessions will be taken out of them through torture.
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  • Religious muslim children are seen learning the Holy Quran by heart in Jamat-ul-Rashad Madrasa in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. The Muslim youths are terrified and frightened. Police atrocities are on the rise against the muslim community. Teenagers and young men are picked up without warrants by the UP-ATS from villages of the district Azamgarh, the maligning of boys from a whole district as terrorists. These men may be picked up and implicated in false cases and confessions will be taken out of them through torture.
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  • The Holy Quran as seem in Jamat-ul-Rashad Madrasa in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. The Muslim youths are terrified and frightened. Police atrocities are on the rise against the muslim community. Teenagers and young men are picked up without warrants by the UP-ATS from villages of the district Azamgarh, the maligning of boys from a whole district as terrorists. These men may be picked up and implicated in false cases and confessions will be taken out of them through torture.
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  • Religious muslim children are seen learning the Holy Quran by heart in Jamat-ul-Rashad Madrasa in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. The Muslim youths are terrified and frightened. Police atrocities are on the rise against the muslim community. Teenagers and young men are picked up without warrants by the UP-ATS from villages of the district Azamgarh, the maligning of boys from a whole district as terrorists. These men may be picked up and implicated in false cases and confessions will be taken out of them through torture.
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  • Army patrols the streets of tense city of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. Photograph: Sanjit Das
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  • A Bhartiya Janta Party member shows the pamphlets (of the electronic voting machine) demonstrating who to vote during the polling day in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. One of the BJP's strong candidates, Ramakant Yadav are one of the many political leaders in UP who have criminal cases against them.
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  • Free snacks are provided for the party members waiting outside the office of Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate, Ramakant Yadav in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. Ramakant Yadav are one of the many political leaders in UP who have criminal cases against them.
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  • Free snacks are provided for the party members waiting outside the office of Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate, Ramakant Yadav in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. Ramakant Yadav are one of the many political leaders in UP who have criminal cases against them.
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  • A 11 year old boy, Magan is seen working as a mason on the construction site of the Asia's Biggest Dome, the Kashi Ram Smarak built by Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Mayawati in Lucknow, India. The dalit chief minister, Mayawati is channeling huge state funds into making statutes of herself with her mentor, Kashi Ram all across Lucknow.
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  • Migrant labourers from Rajasthan and other states are seen working on Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Smarak Parivartan Sthal built by Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Mayawati in Lucknow, India. Mayawati is channeling huge state funds into making structures and sand stone monstrosities using public funds in the state capital, Lucknow.
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  • A migrant labourer poses in front of the line of elephants. 60 sandstone elephants weighing 10-13 tonnes and costing approximately Rs. 800,000 (US$ 15,900) are lined up at the Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Smarak Parivartan Sthal built by Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Mayawati in Lucknow, India. Mayawati is channeling huge state funds into making structures and sand stone monstrosities using public funds in the state capital, Lucknow.
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  • A young labourer from Agra, Ram Lal poses for a portrait around the construction site in Lucknow. The dalit chief minister, Mayawati is channeling huge state funds into making statutes of herself with her mentor, Kashi Ram all across Lucknow. These expensive statues made of 8 different minerals are yet to be revealed. Mayawati had order one of statues to be broken down as it was 'shorter' than the statue of her mentor, Kanshi Ram. The state capital, Lucknow looks like a big construction site and the entire city is given a facelift with stones. Construction is on full swing and migrant labourers come to work from Rajasthan and rural parts of Uttar Pradesh.
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  • The dalit chief minister, Mayawati is channeling huge state funds into making statutes of herself with her mentor, Kashi Ram all across Lucknow. These expensive statues made of 8 different minerals are yet to be revealed. Mayawati had order one of statues to be broken down as it was 'shorter' than the statue of her mentor, Kanshi Ram. The state capital, Lucknow looks like a big construction site and the entire city is given a facelift with stones. Construction is on full swing and migrant labourers come to work from Rajasthan and rural parts of Uttar Pradesh.
    sdas20090407_howimpisup_elections001...JPG
  • A mother and her two children are seen outside the pediatrics section  in Maharani Laxmibai Medical College in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India. The Indian government spends $1.4 billion a year - on programs that include weighing newborn babies, counseling mothers on healthy eating and supplementing meals, but none of this is yeilding results. According to UNICEF, some 48% of Indian children, or 61 million kids, remain malnourished, the clinical condition of being so undernourished that their physical and mental growth are stunted. Photo: Sanjit Das/Panos for The Wall Street Journal.Slug: IMALNUT
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  • A nurse is seen taking a quick nap at the pediatrics department in Maharani Laxmibai Medical College in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India. The Indian government spends $1.4 billion a year - on programs that include weighing newborn babies, counseling mothers on healthy eating and supplementing meals, but none of this is yeilding results. According to UNICEF, some 48% of Indian children, or 61 million kids, remain malnourished, the clinical condition of being so undernourished that their physical and mental growth are stunted. Photo: Sanjit Das/Panos for The Wall Street Journal.Slug: IMALNUT
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  • A young woman is seen sitting on the floor of the pediatrics section of the Maharani Laxmibai Medical College in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India. The Indian government spends $1.4 billion a year - on programs that include weighing newborn babies, counseling mothers on healthy eating and supplementing meals, but none of this is yeilding results. According to UNICEF, some 48% of Indian children, or 61 million kids, remain malnourished, the clinical condition of being so undernourished that their physical and mental growth are stunted. Photo: Sanjit Das/Panos for The Wall Street Journal.Slug: IMALNUT
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  • Anganwadi workers from different villagers gather to discuss agenda and programmes in the Government Block office in Moth town in Uttar Pradesh, India. The Indian government spends $1.4 billion a year - on programs that include weighing newborn babies, counseling mothers on healthy eating and supplementing meals, but none of this is yeilding results. According to UNICEF, some 48% of Indian children, or 61 million kids, remain malnourished, the clinical condition of being so undernourished that their physical and mental growth are stunted. Photo: Sanjit Das/Panos for The Wall Street Journal.Slug: IMALNUT
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  • family members and patients wait for their turn to see the doctor in Maharani Laxmibai Medical College in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India. The Indian government spends $1.4 billion a year - on programs that include weighing newborn babies, counseling mothers on healthy eating and supplementing meals, but none of this is yeilding results. According to UNICEF, some 48% of Indian children, or 61 million kids, remain malnourished, the clinical condition of being so undernourished that their physical and mental growth are stunted. Photo: Sanjit Das/Panos for The Wall Street Journal.Slug: IMALNUT
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  • A woman walks past the dried up Mourawa Rajwaha Canal in Unnao, Rae Bareli in 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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  • Cyclists ride past the dried up Mourawa Rajwaha Canal in Unnao, Rae Bareli in 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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  • Cattle graze in farm lands in Akhori village in Unnao in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, India. Most of the fertile farmland is lying barren and has small grass growing because of late rains. Villagers are happy for at-least there is grass for the cattle to graze. 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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  • Dried up parched farm lands are seen in Akhori village in Unnao in Rae Bareli, 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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  • Cattle graze in farm lands in Akhori village in Unnao in Rae Bareli, 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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  • A farmer walks past his paddy field in Akhori village in Unnao in Rae Bareli, 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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  • Dried up parched farm lands are seen in Akhori village in Unnao in Rae Bareli, 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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  • Villagers in 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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  • A cattle shed in village Rajagaon in Block Machreta of Uttar Pradesh, India. Most of the fertile farmland is lying barren and has small grass growing because of late rains. Villagers are happy for at-least there is grass for the cattle to graze. 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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  • A young boy is seen walking his cattle back to the village Rajagaon in Block Machreta of Uttar Pradesh, India. Most of the fertile farmland is lying barren and has small grass growing because of late rains. Villagers are happy for at-least there is grass for the cattle to graze. 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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  • Ram Dass poses for a portrait in his barren farmland  in village Rajagaon of block Machreta in Uttar Pradesh, India. Late rains have affected his livelihood adversely. Instead of his farming, he has started doing daily wage labour to feed his 20 member family. 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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  • Ram Dass poses for a portrait in his barren farmland  in village Rajagaon of block Machreta in Uttar Pradesh, India. Late rains have affected his livelihood adversely. Instead of his farming, he has started doing daily wage labour to feed his 20 member family. 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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  • A young man is seen walking past barren farmlands 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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  • 22 members of the family depend of Suryapal Singh (centre). Less rains have affected his crop production adversely. Here he is seen with part of his family in village Purabaiju, in Lagunj, 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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  • Ritesh is seen working on the paddy (rice) fields in a village in Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh, India. The height of the paddy is visibly shorter than average because of less and late rain. 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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  • A woman is seen working on the paddy (rice) fields in a village in Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh, India. The height of the paddy is visibly shorter than average because of less and late rain. 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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  • A woman is seen walking past barren farmlands 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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  • Construction workers mend the bridge over Indira Canal in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, India. This canal is the main source of irrigation water for the whole region. 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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  • A young boy is seen in a canal in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, India. Canal are the main source of irrigation water for the whole region. 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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  • Villagers gather to discuss their problems of late rain affecting their crop production 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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  • Sushil Kumar (left) is one of the most influential land owners in Village Rajagaon in Block Machreta of Uttar Pradesh, India. He produces peppermint, rice, wheat and sugarcane but late rains have affected his production this season. 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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  • Villagers gather to discuss their problems of late rain affecting their crop production 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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  • Children gather in Village Rajagaon in Block Machreta of Uttar Pradesh, IndiaThe 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 yea 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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  • Shiv Kumar is seen visibly worried of his woes of late rain affecting his livelihood with no paddy production this season. He is seen 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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  • Shiv Kumar is seen visibly worried of his woes of late rain affecting his livelihood with no paddy production this season. He is seen 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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  • A farmer is seen irrigating his farmland using water pump in Akhori village in Unnao in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, India. Very few farmers have access to electricity to irrigate their farmland and are totally dependent on rainfall. 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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  • A farmer is seen irrigating his farmland using water pump in Akhori village in Unnao in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, India. Very few farmers have access to electricity to irrigate their farmland and are totally dependent on rainfall. 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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  • A farmer is seen ploughing his farmland in Akhori village in Unnao in Rae Bareli, 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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  • Daily wage labourers are seen weeding out the grass from the rice fields in Akhori village in Unnao in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, India. Very few farmers have access to electricity to irrigate their farmland and are totally dependent on rainfall. 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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  • Daily wage labourers are seen weeding out the grass from the rice fields in Akhori village in Unnao in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, India. Very few farmers have access to electricity to irrigate their farmland and are totally dependent on rainfall. 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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  • A woman walks past the dried up parched farm lands in Akhori village in Unnao in Rae Bareli, 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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  • Surati Devi poses with a poster of Bahujan Samajwadi Party's candidate, Mukhtar Ansari in her hut in Gona village, in Gazipur area of Uttar Pradesh. .Since getting as many votes as possible is the agenda of any of the parties in UP, Mayawati's party, Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) has given the tickets to criminals who have enough clout in their region. One such, Mukhtar Ansari is in jail for the past 3 years and is awaiting trails for more than two dozen alleged crimes, including murder. Inspite of being in jail, he is in touch with his loyalists and contesting for elections from jail itself. He has a stature of a modern day Robin Hood.
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  • Surati Devi poses with a poster of Bahujan Samajwadi Party's candidate, Mukhtar Ansari in her hut in Gona village, in Gazipur area of Uttar Pradesh. .Since getting as many votes as possible is the agenda of any of the parties in UP, Mayawati's party, Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) has given the tickets to criminals who have enough clout in their region. One such, Mukhtar Ansari is in jail for the past 3 years and is awaiting trails for more than two dozen alleged crimes, including murder. Inspite of being in jail, he is in touch with his loyalists and contesting for elections from jail itself. He has a stature of a modern day Robin Hood.
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  • The admirers of BSP candidate, Mukhtar Ansari seen in the village Gona in the outskirts of Gazipur, Uttar Pradesh, India.Since getting as many votes as possible is the agenda of any of the parties in UP, Mayawati's party, Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) has given the tickets to criminals who have enough clout in their region. One such, Mukhtar Ansari is in jail for the past 3 years and is awaiting trails for more than two dozen alleged crimes, including murder. Inspite of being in jail, he is in touch with his loyalists and contesting for elections from jail itself. He has a stature of a modern day Robin Hood.
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  • A young Muslim boy seen outside the Jamat-ul-Rashad Madrasa in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. The Muslim youths are terrified and frightened. Police atrocities are on the rise against the muslim community. Teenagers and young men are picked up without warrants by the UP-ATS from villages of the district Azamgarh, the maligning of boys from a whole district as terrorists. These men may be picked up and implicated in false cases and confessions will be taken out of them through torture.
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  • President of Ulema Council, Aamir Rashadi Madni is seen in his room in Jamat-ul-Rashad Madrasa in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. The Muslim youths are terrified and frightened. Police atrocities are on the rise against the muslim community. Teenagers and young men are picked up without warrants by the UP-ATS from villages of the district Azamgarh, the maligning of boys from a whole district as terrorists. These men may be picked up and implicated in false cases and confessions will be taken out of them through torture.
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  • The Holy Quran as seem in Jamat-ul-Rashad Madrasa in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. The Muslim youths are terrified and frightened. Police atrocities are on the rise against the muslim community. Teenagers and young men are picked up without warrants by the UP-ATS from villages of the district Azamgarh, the maligning of boys from a whole district as terrorists. These men may be picked up and implicated in false cases and confessions will be taken out of them through torture.
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  • Party members wait outside the office of Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate, Ramakant Yadav in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. Ramakant Yadav are one of the many political leaders in UP who have criminal cases against them.
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  • Free snacks are provided for the party members waiting outside the office of Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate, Ramakant Yadav in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. Ramakant Yadav are one of the many political leaders in UP who have criminal cases against them.
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  • Party members wait outside the office of Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate, Ramakant Yadav in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. Ramakant Yadav are one of the many political leaders in UP who have criminal cases against them.
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  • Party members read newspaper outside the office of Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate, Ramakant Yadav in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. Ramakant Yadav are one of the many political leaders in UP who have criminal cases against them. Photograph: Sanjit Das
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  • A swimmer walks across the pond to listen to the speech during the campaign rally of Bharatiya Janta Party's candidate, and minister of parliament, Yogi Aditya Nath in the outskirts of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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  • The gathered audience are seen at the campaign rally of Bharatiya Janta Party's candidate, and minister of parliament, Yogi Aditya Nath in the outskirts of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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  • A young man is seen taking photo of his child using his mobile phone on the ghats of the ancient holy city, Benares, Uttar Pradesh, India. Benares has always been a HIndu dominant city and the right wing party, Bhartiya Janta Party has always won with majority votes from this city.
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