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Actress Nainaa Jolly (2nd L) performs during the filming of a low budget Hindi movie in Meerut in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh April 28, 2013. Indian cinema marks 100 years since Dhundiraj Govind Phalke's black-and-white silent film Actress Nainaa Jolly (2nd L) perfor
strongRampur:/strong Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan, who suffered a brief detention at Boston airport last week, on Monday said that security officials acted against him because he was a Muslim. Khan, who returned home on Sunday from the US, told reporters that the American establishment can paint any person or nation as criminal and alleged it had been for long targeting Muslim nations and individuals. [caption id=attachment_738377 align=alignleft width=380 strongRampur:/strong Uttar Pradesh
Social Reformer and Founder of Sulabh movement Bindeshwar Pathak (3R) offers prayer along with around 20 residents from one of the villages in the area that became on of the first villages in India to have 100 percent sanitation coverage,in Varanasi on April 26, 2013. Varanasi, is a city on the banks of the Ganges in Uttar Pradesh, 320 kilometres (200 mi) southeast of the state capital, Lucknow. It is holiest of the seven sacred cities in Hinduism and Jainism. Social Reformer and Founder of Sula
An Indian holy man offers prayers on the banks of Ganges in Varanasi on April 26, 2013. Varanasi, is a city on the banks of the Ganges in Uttar Pradesh, 320 kilometres (200 mi) southeast of the state capital, Lucknow. It is holiest of the seven sacred cities in Hinduism and Jainism. An Indian holy man offers prayers o
India's Uttar Pradesh state Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav (C) poses with copies of the 'Mahakumbh' coffee table book and documentary film with AFP photographer Prakash Singh (R) and Publisher M.P. Yadav (L) in New Delhi on April 23, 2013. The book and film documents this year's Kumbh Mela festival, the world's largest religious gathering where nearly 120 million pilgrims converged in Allahabad over two months. Yadav on April 26 will present a lecture on the organising of the religious event at Harvard University in the US. India's Uttar Pradesh state Chief M
Tourists visit the landmark India Gate monument on a foggy morning in New Delhi on January 2, 2010. At least four people were killed when four express trains collided in separate incidents in the fog-bound northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on January 2, police and railway officials said. Tourists visit the landmark India G
A man sits on his motorcycle with his friend as he prepares to head home after Holi celebrations in a lane near the Bankey Bihari temple in Vrindavan, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh March 27, 2013. Holi, also known as the Festival of Colours, heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated all over India. A man sits on his motorcycle with h
A man holds a A man holds a "danda", or long wood
Indian villagers run with sticks to keep viewers away from a bonfire during a fire ritual during Holi festival celebrations in Phalen village in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors that also marks the advent of spring, is being celebrated across the country Wednesday. Indian villagers run with sticks to
Indian villagers try to scale wall of a temple to reach its rooftop for a better view of a fire ritual before dawn on Holi festival in Phalen village in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors that also marks the advent of spring, is being celebrated across the country Wednesday. Indian villagers try to scale wall
An Indian villager smokes a beedi, hand-rolled tobacco, during a fire ritual before dawn on holi festival in Phalen village in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors that also marks the advent of spring, is being celebrated across the country Wednesday. An Indian villager smokes a beedi,
Indian villagers share a blanket as they lie under a tree next to a power generator while waiting for a fire ritual to start before dawn during the Holi festival in Phalen village in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors that also marks the advent of spring, is being celebrated across the country Wednesday. Indian villagers share a blanket as
People gather to watch a Hindu priest perform a ritual in which he walks through a burning fire during Holi celebrations in the village of Phalen in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh March 27, 2013. Holi, also known as the Festival of Colours, heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated all over India. People gather to watch a Hindu prie
A man watches a A man watches a "nautanki" or stree
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The shadows of people sitting on the roof of a house are cast on a wall as they watch a The shadows of people sitting on th
A boy flings coloured water on a group of men as they leave the Bankey Bihari temple after celebrating Holi in Vrindavan, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh March 26, 2013. Holi, also known as the Festival of Colours, heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated all over India. A boy flings coloured water on a gr
People raise their hands amid a cloud of coloured powder during Holi celebrations at the Bankey Bihari temple in Vrindavan, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh March 26, 2013. Holi, also known as the Festival of Colours, heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated all over India. People raise their hands amid a clo
Two girls share a moment as they sit outside the Bankey Bihari temple after celebrating Holi in Vrindavan, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh March 26, 2013. Holi, also known as the Festival of Colours, heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated all over India. Two girls share a moment as they si
People chant religious slogans as they celebrate Holi inside the Bankey Bihari temple in Vrindavan, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh March 26, 2013. Holi, also known as the Festival of Colours, heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated all over India. People chant religious slogans as t
A Hindu devlotee with his face smeared with coloured powder poses for a picture in a lane near the Bankey Bihari temple in Vrindavan in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh March 26, 2013. Holi, also known as the Festival of Colours, heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated all over India. A Hindu devlotee with his face smea
A boy sprays coloured water while sitting with his friend during holi celebrations in a lane near the Bankey Bihari temple in Vrindavan in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh March 25, 2013. Holi, also known as the Festival of Colours, heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated all over India. A boy sprays coloured water while s
A vendor waits for devotees to buy portraits of the Hindu god Krishna and goddess Radha during holi celebrations in a lane near the Bankey Bihari temple in Vrindavan in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh March 25, 2013. Holi, also known as the Festival of Colours, heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated all over India. A vendor waits for devotees to buy
Hindu devotees throw coloured powder into the air during holi celebrations at the Bankey Bihari temple in Vrindavan in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh March 25, 2013. Holi, also known as the Festival of Colours, heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated all over India. Hindu devotees throw coloured powde
Unemployed Indians stand in queues to register themselves at the Employment Exchange Office in Allahabad, India, Monday, March 25, 2013. Employment offices have been flooded with applicants after Uttar Pradesh state Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav pledged to give unemployment benefits to unemployed graduates between the ages of 35 to 40. Unemployed Indians stand in queues
An Indian resident uses a clay oven to cook outside her home in the village of Malpur in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on December 16, 2012. An Indian resident uses a clay oven
An Indian resident cleans an air cooler at her residence in the village of Malpur in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on December 16, 2012. An Indian resident cleans an air co
A boy covered in coloured powder poses for pictures with a group of women during a holi celebration at the Meera Sahavagini ashram in Vrindavan, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh March 24, 2013. Traditionally in Hindu culture, widows are expected to renounce earthly pleasures and so do not celebrate holi, but for the first time, women at the shelter for widows who have been abandoned by their families celebrated the festival by throwing flowers and coloured powder. Holi, also known as the Festival of Colours, heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated all over India. A boy covered in coloured powder po
Widows throw flowers into the air during a holi celebration at the Meera Sahavagini ashram in Vrindavan in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh March 24, 2013. Traditionally in Hindu culture, widows are expected to renounce earthly pleasure so they do not celebrate holi, but for the first time, women at the shelter for widows who have been abandoned by their families celebrated the festival by throwing flowers and coloured powder. Holi, also known as the Festival of Colours, heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated all over India. Widows throw flowers into the air d
Hindu devoteess covered in coloured powder and water sit at a temple during Hindu devoteess covered in coloured