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From: zehera kassam <zeherakassam@gmail.com>
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Subject: «*» RUKHSANA«*» INCREDIBLE IMAGES

 

Incredible images from India~

Where else would you find these bizarre and unusual sights but in India? Enjoy these incredible images!

A woman pumps mustard oil in the right ear of a two-year old girl,

 who according to her mother is suffering from Mithua or 

Protein-Energy Malnutrition (PEM), along a roadside in Kaudihar town

 in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh April 8, 2012.

 The woman claims she possesses divine powers, tries to cure PEM

 by pouring mustard oil in ears and pumps them with an aluminium 

rod using her mouth. PEM is due to a deficiency of proteins,

 carbohydrates and fats in the died

A villager balances his motorbike in a boat as he crosses the river

 Bhitarkanika at Gupti village in the eastern Indian state of Orissa 

March 28, 2012. A plan to form a joint development bank by the BRICS group 

of the world's most powerful emerging economies will have a hard time

 getting off the ground and would struggle to match the World Bank's expertise,

 World Bank President Robert Zoellick said. Picture taken March 28, 2012. 

A monkey rests on a window of a train in Kolkata on March 15, 2012.

 India's railway minister said he aimed to reduce deaths to zero on the nation's

 accident-plagued rail lines as he announced the annual budget for the

 crumbling network.The train system has a notoriously bad accident record, 

with a recent official report revealing almost 15,000 people are killed 

every year crossing rail tracks.

Railway workers push a wagon loaded with coal back to 

its track after it derailed at Sabarmati power house in the 

western Indian city of Ahmedabad

Stray bulls fight on a roadside as a man watches at Dadri town

 in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh March 24, 2012.

 

A boy performs a stunt with the rim of a bicycle 

during a religious procession to mark the Hindu Navratri festival 

in Jammu March 31, 2012. Devotees worship various forms of 

Hindu goddesses during the festival, whose name literally means nine nights. 

An Indian Hindu devotees dressed as Lord Shiva ride

 on a motorcycle before a Maha Shivaratri procession in

 Amritsar on February 20, 2012. The festival of Maha Shivaratri

 is marked with fasting and prayer offerings in a night long vigil.

Bhartiya Chaitanya Party candidate for the Member of 

Legislative Assembly (MLA) Sham Lal Gandhi holds a 

part of Television during his election campaign on bicycle, in Amritsar. 

Policemen keep watch during a protest rally organised 

by various trade unions in Mumbai, February 28, 2012. Millions

 of workers of all political hues will go on strike across

 the country on Tuesday to express their anger at soaring prices

 and to back demands for improved rights for employees,

 trade unions and political activists said. 

Visitors wait in a queue to view at the annual the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival in 

Mumbai on February 9, 2012. 

The nine-day art festival held every year featuring a variety of arts, cultures and 

culionary delights from its inception in 1999, has grown in stature and popularity, attracting 

visitors and participants from other parts of the country and the world. 

A commando of the National Security Guards (NSG) displays his skills at their new 

Regional Hub in Mumbai on February 23, 2012. Union Home Minister P Chidambaram 

formally inaugurated the National Security Guards (NSG) facility during a visit. 

Children run as fireworks explode during a procession to mark Eid-e-Milad-ul-Nabi, or

 birthday celebrations of Prophet Mohammad, in Mumbai February 5, 2012. 

REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

A traditional cock fight takes place during the Joonbeel festival in 

Morigaon district of Assam some 60 km from Guwahati city, 

northeast India on January 20, 2012. Hundreds of tribal communities like 

Tiwa, Karbi, Khasi, and Jaintia from nearby hills come in large numbers

 to take part in the festival exchange goods through barter rather than money.

 Community fishing is also held during this festival. The significant point 

of this festival is its theme of harmony and brotherhood amongst 

various tribes and communities. During the three day long 

Jonbeel festival these tribes and communities perform traditional 

dances and play music. AFP PHOTO/STR