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An Indian youth holds a placard and a portrait of Indian independence icon Mahatma Gandhi during a silent demonstration in Hyderabad on April 23, 2013, following the rape of a five-year old girl in New Delhi. A senior Indian government minister said that a new rape outrage showed that 'something terrible' was happening to society as he extended an olive branch to demonstrators. Protests have been taking place across New Delhi since last week when it emerged that a five-year-old girl had been repeatedly raped over the course of nearly two days after being abducted from her home in a working class suburb. An Indian youth holds a placard and
Ramaben Badhia rolls thread to be used in weaving bedsheets and towels at the Imam Manzil Khadi Weaving and Gramodhyog cottage industy opposite the Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad on April 9, 2013. The centre is trying hard to revive hand operated weaving techniques made popular by Mahatma Gandhi. Ramaben Badhia rolls thread to be u
Dhimant Badhia, owner of Imam Manzil Khadi Weaving and Gramodhyog, makes bedsheets on a hand operated weaving machine opposite the Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad on April 9, 2013. The centre is trying hard to revive hand operated weaving techniques made popular by Mahatma Gandhi. Dhimant Badhia, owner of Imam Manzi
An April 8, 2013 photo, Mahatma Gandhi's name is misspelled in an inscription near the Antelope Valley Union Plaza. City parks director Lynn Johnson told the Lincoln Journal Star that no one's reported the problem in the 2 1/2 years the quote has been visible at the park's amphitheater. Johnson says the city likely will remove the quote from the stone and have the correct name and the quotation etched onto a metal plate for installation elsewhere in the park. An April 8, 2013 photo, Mahatma Gan
An exile Tibetan lights butter lamps next to the portraits of Mahatma Gandhi, left and Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India, Wednesday, April 3, 2013 during a special prayer for Drupchen Tsering who committed an act of self - immolation in Katmandu on Feb. 13 to protest against Chinese government's rule over Tibet. An exile Tibetan lights butter lamp
U.S. Republican lawmakers Cathy McMorris-Rodgers (R) and Aaron Schock pose for a picture with a garland made of cotton thread on the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi during their visit to Gandhi Ashram in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad March 28, 2013. A visiting U.S. congressional delegation on Thursday invited the chief minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi, to the United States, despite the fact that Washington has denied him a visa since 2005 because of deadly religious riots. U.S. Republican lawmakers Cathy McM
Demonstrators hold up an image of Mahatma Gandhi (L) and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh outside the Indian High Commission as they protest attacks against Sri Lankans visiting the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, in Colombo on March 20, 2013. Sri Lankan authorities Wednesday warned tour operators against sending pilgrims to the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu following a spate of racial attacks. Demonstrators hold up an image of M
Demonstrators hold up an image of Mahatma Gandhi (L) and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh outside the Indian High Commission to Sri Lanka during a protest in Colombo March 20, 2013. Buddhist monks protested since Tuesday against two separate attacks on Sri Lankan Buddhist monks who were in Chennai for education visits, and demanded the Indian government to take action on these attacks, according to the demonstrators. Demonstrators hold up an image of M
A worker waters plants around a statue of Mahatma Gandhi inside the premises of Parliament as Indian Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram delivers the annual budget in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. India s finance minister has unveiled the national budget with a promise to set Asia s third largest economy back onto a path of high growth and to check runaway inflation and the fiscal deficit. A worker waters plants around a sta
Exile Tibetans carry portraits of the Dalai Lama (R), the late Panchen Lama (C), and Indian independence icon Mahatma Gandhi (L) during a candlelight vigil to mourn the deaths of self-immolators in protest against Chinese rule in Tibet, in Dharamsala on February 25, 2013. Two Tibetans, identified as Tsezung Kyap, 27, and Sangdak, 19, reportedly self-immolated February 25 according to Tibetan rights groups. More than 100 people have set themselves on fire in protest at China's rule since 2009, at least 85 of whom have died, according to reports. Exile Tibetans carry portraits of t
France's President Francois Hollande (2R) poses for a photo after laying a wreath with his partner Valerie Trierweiler (L) at a ceremony at Rajghat, the memorial of India's founding father Mahatma Gandhi in New Delhi on February 14, 2013. French President Francois Hollande embarked on a fresh push to clinch a USD 12-billion sale of Rafale fighter jets as he held talks in India on his first visit to Asia since taking office. The Socialist president was accompanied by a high-powered delegation of five ministers including Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and the chiefs of more than 60 top French companies. France's President Francois Holland
French President Francois Hollande, third from left, accompanied by his partner Valerie Trierweiler, second from left, lays a wreath during a visit to the Mahatma Gandhi memorial in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. Hollande is on a two-day visit to India. French President Francois Hollande,
France's President Francois Hollande (C) scatters rose petals at the Mahatma Gandhi memorial as his partner Valerie Trierweiler (L) looks on at Rajghat in New Delhi February 14, 2013. Hollande is on a two-day state visit to India. France's President Francois Holland
France's President Francois Hollande (3rd R) and his partner Valerie Trierweiler place a wreath at the Mahatma Gandhi memorial at Rajghat in New Delhi February 14, 2013. Hollande is on a two-day state visit to India. France's President Francois Holland
French President Francois Hollande, right, pays floral tributes as partner Valerie Trierweiler watches during a visit to the Mahatma Gandhi memorial in New Delhi, India , Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. Hollande is on a two-day visit to India. French President Francois Hollande,
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 09: Snow blankets the shoulders of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Union Sqaure on February 9, 2013 in New York City. Much of the city received almost a foot of snow, as New York was spared the worst of the massive snow storm that hit the U.S. Northeast. NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 09: Snow b
Arun Gandhi, grandson of nonviolent protest leader Mahatma Gandhi, signs a pledge resisting hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, during a rally in the War Room at the Capitol on Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, in Albany, N.Y. Earlier during a joint budget hearing on the environment, Commissioner Joe Martens of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation said his agency has no Arun Gandhi, grandson of nonviolent
Arun Gandhi, grandson of nonviolent protest leader Mahatma Gandhi, speaks during an anti-hydraulic fracturing rally in the War Room at the Capitol on Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, in Albany, N.Y. Earlier during a joint budget hearing on the environment, Commissioner Joe Martens of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation said his agency has no Arun Gandhi, grandson of nonviolent
Arun Gandhi, grandson of nonviolent protest leader Mahatma Gandhi, speaks during an anti-hydraulic fracturing rally on the Million Dollar Staircase at the Capitol on Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, in Albany, N.Y. Earlier during a joint budget hearing on the environment, Commissioner Joe Martens of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation said his agency has no Arun Gandhi, grandson of nonviolent
Japanese Buddhist monks walk past footprints that mark the last steps of Mahatma Gandhi, on his death anniversary in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. Gandhi, known as the father of the nation, was assassinated by a Hindu nationalist on Jan. 30, 1948. Japanese Buddhist monks walk past
An Indian man, dressed as Mahatma Gandhi, stands outside Gandhi Smriti, a memorial to Gandhi, after he was prevented from entering the memorial on Gandhi's death anniversary in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. Gandhi, known as father of the nation, was assassinated by a Hindu nationalist on Jan. 30, 1948. An Indian man, dressed as Mahatma G
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pays homage at Gandhi Smriti, a memorial that marks the place where Mahatma Gandhi was shot, on his death anniversary in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. Gandhi, known as the father of the nation, was assassinated by a Hindu nationalist on Jan. 30, 1948. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Sing
Flowers decorate the footprints that mark the last steps of Mahatma Gandhi, on his death anniversary in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. Gandhi, known as the father of the nation, was assassinated by a Hindu nationalist on Jan. 30, 1948. Flowers decorate the footprints tha
The memorial statue of Mahatma Gandhi seen on the 65th anniversary of his death in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on January 30, 2013. The statue was offered by the Indian government in 2002 to commemorate the freedom fighter assasinated on January 30, 1948 in New Delhi. The memorial statue of Mahatma Gand
An Indian student with a peace message painted on his face attends a peace rally on the 65th death anniversary of 'father of the nation' Mahtama Gandhi, in Mumbai on January 30, 2013. Students and people from various walks of life took part in the rally for peace and communal harmony. An Indian student with a peace mess
School children dressed as Mahatma Gandhi assemble to mark his anniversary in the southern Indian city of Chennai January 30, 2013. Gandhi, leader of the Indian nationalist non-violent movement against British rule, was assassinated in 1948. India observes Gandhi's death anniversary as Martyr's day. School children dressed as Mahatma
Indian social worker Sham Lal Gandhi carries a photograph of Mahatma Gandhi and transports a 'charkha' - spinning wheel - on his bicycle on the occasion of Martyr's Day in Amritsar on January 30, 2013, the 65th anniversary of Gandhi's assassination. Mahatma Gandhi was on the way to a prayer meeting in the Indian capital New Delhi when he was shot three times in the chest and head on January 30, 1948. Indian social worker Sham Lal Gandh
An Indian visitor looks at pictures of Mahatma Gandhi and other leaders during an exhibition at the national archive museum in New Delhi on January 30, 2013. A rare collection of letters between Indian independence icon Mahatma Gandhi and a South African bodybuilder with whom he shared a close relationship went on display in New Delhi. An Indian visitor looks at pictures
A pigeon sits on a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, on Indian Martyrs Day in Amritsar on January 30, 2013, the 65th anniversary of Gandhi's assassination. Mahatma Gandhi was on the way to a prayer meeting in the Indian capital when he was shot three times in the chest and head on January 30, 1948. A pigeon sits on a statue of Mahatm
Indian members of the Congress Party shout slogans after placing garlands on a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, on Martyrs Day in Amritsar on January 30, 2013, the 65th anniversary of Gandhi's assassination. Mahatma Gandhi was on the way to a prayer meeting in the Indian capital when he was shot three times in the chest and head on January 30, 1948. Indian members of the Congress Part