Home » Archives by category » All » Asia » South Asia (Page 85)

India Farmers March Street Of New Delhi To Protest Against Alleged Anti-Farmer Policies

India Farmers March Street Of New Delhi To Protest Against Alleged Anti-Farmer Policies

Indian farmers affiliated to the Indian Farm Workers Union march during a protest against the alleged anti-farmer policies of the government in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Indian farmers affiliated to the Indian Farm Workers Union listen to a speaker, unseen, during a protest rally against the alleged anti-farmer policies of the government […]

Scene Of Wholesale Flower Market In Mumbai, India

Scene Of Wholesale Flower Market In Mumbai, India

An Indian vendor carries bunches of roses on her head at a wholesale flower market in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Vendors sell flowers at a wholesale flower market in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Impoverished women pick up marigold flowers from a pile of discarded flowers at a wholesale flower market in […]

Bangladesh Women On Bicycle Bring Computers To Help Poor People Have Chats With Distant Loved Ones

Bangladesh Women On Bicycle Bring Computers To Help Poor People Have Chats With Distant Loved Ones

In this Sept. 30, 2012, photo, Bangladeshi Info Ladies pedal their way from one place to another at Saghata, a remote impoverished farming village in Gaibandha district, 120 miles (192 kilometers) north of capital Dhaka, Bangladesh. Dozens of ‘Info Ladies’ bike into remote Bangladeshi villages with laptops and Internet connections, helping tens of thousands of people […]

Indian Hindu Woman Has Her Hands Painted With Henna For Celebration Of “Karwa Chauth”

Indian Hindu Woman Has Her Hands Painted With Henna For Celebration Of “Karwa Chauth”

An Indian Hindu woman dries her hands after getting traditional designs painted on her hands with henna ahead of “Karwa Chauth” in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Karwa Chauth is a traditional Hindu festival celebrated in northern India where married women fast one whole day and offer prayers to the moon for the […]

Moulin Rouge Troupe Of Paris Performs In Mumbai In Celebration Of “World Of Accor”

Moulin Rouge Troupe Of Paris Performs In Mumbai In Celebration Of “World Of Accor”

Moulin Rouge entertainment troupe from Paris performs as part of the “World of Accor” celebrations in Mumbai, India, on Oct. 31, 2012. <Xinhua=Stringer>

Various Gift Boxes In Display At Supermarket For Celebration Of Hindu Festival Of Lights In India

Various Gift Boxes In Display At Supermarket For Celebration Of Hindu Festival Of Lights In India

Gift boxes and baskets are seen outside a supermarket in the business area of New Delhi, India, Oct. 31, 2012. Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, will be celebrated in many parts of the country. Fruit baskets are seen outside a supermarket in the business area of New Delhi, India, Oct. 31, 2012. <Xinhua=Li Yigang>

Dhobi Ghat, Outdoor Laundry, Emerges As New Tourist Attraction In Mumbai, India

Dhobi Ghat, Outdoor Laundry, Emerges As New Tourist Attraction In Mumbai, India

A worker washes clothes at Dhobi Ghat, in Mumbai, India, Oct. 30, 2012. Dhobi Ghat, known as one of the biggest outdoor laundries, became a tourist site as hundreds of washmen work here during every dawn and dusk. <Xinhua/Wang Ping>

Collision Of Fully Packed Passenger Van With Truck Leaves 23 Dead In Pakistan

Collision Of Fully Packed Passenger Van With Truck Leaves 23 Dead In Pakistan

Rescuers remove a body from the accident site in east Pakistan’s Bahawalpur, Oct. 30, 2012. At least 23 people were killed when a fully packed passenger van collided with a truck in Pakistan’s eastern Bahawalpur district on Tuesday, said the police. Rescuers work at the accident site in east Pakistan’s Bahawalpur, Oct. 30, 2012. <Xinhua/Stringer>

An India Boy Walks Along The Coast As Cyclone Nilam Approaches

An India Boy Walks Along The Coast As Cyclone Nilam Approaches

An Indian boy tries to hold his umbrella against strong winds as he walks the Bay of Bengal coast in Chennai, India, Tuesday, Oct.30, 2012. The Indian Meteorological Department has advised fishermen not to venture into the open seas with Cyclone Nilam reported swirling about 450 kilometers (280 miles) south east of here Tuesday. <AP/NEWSis=Arun […]

Muslims Driven Into Misery As Result Of Recent Buddhist-Muslim Clash In Myanmar

Muslims Driven Into Misery As Result Of Recent Buddhist-Muslim Clash In Myanmar

In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 photo, a Muslim refugee child stands near tents at a refugee camp in Sittwe, Rakhine state, western Myanmar. Survivors of ethnic clashes in western Myanmar lashed out at the government for failing to prevent violence between Muslims and Buddhists that has displaced more than 32,000 people over the last […]

Search in Site