Little Gandhis
Underprivileged Indian children dressed in costumes to look like the late Mahatma Gandhi arrive on a bus in Kolkata, India, Jan. 29. The children, aged from 10 to 16, donned wigs, fake moustaches and copied the former leader’s trademark round spectacles as they set a Gandhi-lookalike world record. A total of 485 children took part in the event ahead of the anniversary of Gandhi's death on Jan. 30.
Ramu, a 7-months-old mokey scratches as he rests with his dog friend Kalu in Sonahat, 29 May 2003 an Indian village on the border with Bangladesh. Indian troops on the border with Bangladesh are getting some unusual help in their patrols as Ramu, sitting on his canine friend's back accompanies troops each day on patrol. AFP
An unidentified nomadic indian woman jolts her performing monkey into action in a performance for passersby on a street in Mumbai, 11 December 2006. Street performers are a common sight in Indian cities. AFP
An Indian riot policeman helps a fellow policeman as he climbs a wall adorned with movie posters while taking positions during a violent demonstration in Gurgaon, a New Delhi suburb, 26 July 2005. Indian riot police and workers of the Indian unit of Japan's Honda Motor clashed for a second day on New Delhi's outskirts after nearly 130 people were injured in pitched battles on 25 July, officials said. AFP
A man takes a nap on a bed being transported by cycle rickshaw driver in Amritsar on March 7, 2010. These labourers earn approximately 100 rupees (USD 2.48) per day. Eighty-six percent of working Indians earn less than 20 rupees or half a dollar a day, untouched by the country's blistering economic growth, a government-backed study said recently. Out of 457 million workers, 395 million are employed in the so-called unorganised sector, in areas such as agriculture, construction, weaving and fishing, the study found. AFP
An Indian barber Shahrukh Khan (L) shaves a customer's beard at a roadside barbershop in Amritsar on September 12, 2011. Khan earns 150 to 200 Indian rupees daily. AFP