• Indian children observe as women make demon faces before selling them at their roadside stall in Hyderabad, India. According to Indian superstition, hanging these clay masks outside the house wards off evil eye. Mahesh Kumar A. / AP Photo
    Indian children observe as women make demon faces before selling them at their roadside stall in Hyderabad, India. According to Indian superstition, hanging these clay masks outside the house wards off evil eye. Mahesh Kumar A. / AP Photo
  • An Indian potter woman, with her face covered, carries earthen lamps for drying for the upcoming Diwali festival in Allahabad. People buy earthen lamps to decorate their homes during the festival of lights Diwali, which will be celebrated on October 23. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Photo
    An Indian potter woman, with her face covered, carries earthen lamps for drying for the upcoming Diwali festival in Allahabad. People buy earthen lamps to decorate their homes during the festival of lights Diwali, which will be celebrated on October 23. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Photo
  • A street vendor holds up artificial flowers for sale ahead of the Hindu festival Diwali, in the old quarters of New Delhi. Chandan Khanna / AFP
    A street vendor holds up artificial flowers for sale ahead of the Hindu festival Diwali, in the old quarters of New Delhi. Chandan Khanna / AFP
  • An Indian woman potter arranges earthen lamps to dry in a workshop as the preparations for the upcoming festival of Diwali pace up in Faridabad, a suburb of New Delhi. Money Sharma / EPA
    An Indian woman potter arranges earthen lamps to dry in a workshop as the preparations for the upcoming festival of Diwali pace up in Faridabad, a suburb of New Delhi. Money Sharma / EPA
  • A staff member walks over muddy furniture damaged when floods hit a school in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. Farooq Khan / EPA
    A staff member walks over muddy furniture damaged when floods hit a school in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. Farooq Khan / EPA
  • Indian labourers work at a firecracker factory on the outskirts of Siliguri. Firecrackers are used as a part of celebrations for the Diwali festival, the Festival of Lights, the largest Hindu festival of the year which is to be celebrated on October 23. Diptendu Dutta / AFP
    Indian labourers work at a firecracker factory on the outskirts of Siliguri. Firecrackers are used as a part of celebrations for the Diwali festival, the Festival of Lights, the largest Hindu festival of the year which is to be celebrated on October 23. Diptendu Dutta / AFP
  • Indian women harvest plant leaves eaten as vegetables at a field on the outskirts of Allahabad. This year on World Food Day the United Nations focuses on the importance of family farming in ending hunger and poverty, providing food security and nutrition, improving livelihoods, protecting the environment, managing natural resources and achieving sustainable development, particularly in rural areas. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Photo
    Indian women harvest plant leaves eaten as vegetables at a field on the outskirts of Allahabad. This year on World Food Day the United Nations focuses on the importance of family farming in ending hunger and poverty, providing food security and nutrition, improving livelihoods, protecting the environment, managing natural resources and achieving sustainable development, particularly in rural areas. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Photo
  • A potter carries a basket filled with clay money boxes at a workshop ahead of the Hindu festival of Diwali in New Delhi. Earthen goods are sold in large numbers during Diwali, the annual Hindu festival of lights, as people use them to decorate their homes. Anindito Mukherjee / Reuters
    A potter carries a basket filled with clay money boxes at a workshop ahead of the Hindu festival of Diwali in New Delhi. Earthen goods are sold in large numbers during Diwali, the annual Hindu festival of lights, as people use them to decorate their homes. Anindito Mukherjee / Reuters
  • A Bakarwal nomad woman prepares dinner for her family at their temporary camp in Srinagar, India. Bakarwals are nomadic herders of Jammu Kashmir state who wander in search of good pastures for their cattle. Dar Yasin / AP Photo
    A Bakarwal nomad woman prepares dinner for her family at their temporary camp in Srinagar, India. Bakarwals are nomadic herders of Jammu Kashmir state who wander in search of good pastures for their cattle. Dar Yasin / AP Photo

Inside India - October 18, 2014

Robert Mickelson

October 18, 2014

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Our weekly view of news and daily life on the Indian subcontinent.

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