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Photo gallery: Cold snap hits Delhi
Delhi winters typically are short, but they also get cold. This winter has been one of the worst in more than four decades. Temperatures have fallen to just above the freezing mark, and on Thursday rose to no more than 9.8 degrees Celsius, or 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Media reports say over 100 people have died in northern India as a result of the cold.
Temperatures like these are intolerable for people in a city like Delhi, where many people spend their days and nights on the streets in much warmer weather. (Temperatures in the summer have reached highs of 49 Celsius, or 120 Fahrenheit.) Even if they have homes, they often lack heating and insulation. Here are some photos of people in Delhi during the cold snap:
Cold, they say, helps you work up an appetite for all sorts of things...
... and for street food:
And let's not forget peanuts. The more you have them, the more you want them...
For some people, cigarettes or bidis do the trick. (Don't smoke, folks, it's bad for you)
Here is a man sleeping in the middle of the constantly crowded Chandni Chowk.
Here, a woman dozes in a vegetable market in Old Delhi.
No doubt winter afternoons can make you feel sleepy.
They also encourage bundling up.
Most of my friends have been cancelling our plans lately... they can't get out from underneath their quilts. Understandably, the ones that make them are doing good business.
from India Insight:
Responsibility or censorship: why Bollywood should pick
(Any opinions expressed here are those of the author, and not necessarily those of Thomson Reuters Corp.)
The mother and father of the 23-year-old Delhi gang-rape victim were cremating their daughter's body around the same time I discovered Honey Singh, now lately known for his notorious song, "Ch**t," or "Cu*t." The song revolves around the singer's vision of satisfying a woman's lust, followed by beating her with a shoe and then moving on to other things.
from Breakingviews:
India braces for last year of political stability
By Andy Mukherjee
The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own.
India’s politics is about to take a sinister turn. The coming year may be the last one of relative stability for the country.
from Expert Zone:
India Markets in 2013: ball is in government’s court
(The views expressed in this column are the author’s own and do not represent those of Reuters)
If calendar year 2012 was the year of scams in India which helped induce some much needed government reforms, the year 2013 is expected to be a year of hope and expectation for India and India Inc. There are expectations on better political governance, fall in inflation levels and hence interest rates, creation of an investment friendly business environment and lots more. It’s also the year with the last finance budget before the 2014 general elections.
from India Insight:
Yo Yo Honey Singh: A vulgar obsession or our own creation?
(WARNING: Post contains graphic language. Reader discretion is advised. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author, and not necessarily of Thomson Reuters)
The gang rape and death of a 23-year-old woman in New Delhi this month has sparked debates on many things from an Indian society centered on the well being of men to the tendency of Bollywood films to portray women largely as mothers or sex objects. Now, some of that criticism is sticking to Punjabi rap star Honey Singh.
from India Insight:
Photo gallery: vigils after Delhi rape victim dies
Here are some photographs from our India Insight contributors that show vigils following the death on Saturday of a 23-year-old woman after six men raped her aboard a bus in Delhi on Dec. 16. We will update this post as more photos arrive. Thanks to Soumya Bandyopadhyay in Kolkata, Anoo Bhuyan and Anuja Jaiman in Delhi and Vidya L. Nathan in Bangalore. Apologies for any inconsistent sizing or lack of uniformity. Note for non-Hindi readers or speakers: the sign in the first photograph says: "My voice is higher than my skirt."
Delhi (Anoo Bhuyan):
Kolkata:
Delhi (Anuja Jaiman):
Bangalore:
You can see many more images related to this story from our Reuters photographers as well.
from India Insight:
Delhi gang rape victim dies: elsewhere on the web
The 23-year-old woman whose gang rape sparked protests and a national debate about violence against women in India died of her injuries on Saturday, prompting a security lockdown in New Delhi and an acknowledgement from the prime minister that social change is needed.
Bracing for a new wave of protests, authorities deployed thousands of policemen, closed 10 metro stations and banned vehicles from some main roads in the heart of New Delhi, where demonstrators have converged since the attack to demand improved women's rights. Hundreds of people staged peaceful protests at two locations on Saturday morning.
from John Lloyd:
India tries to move beyond its rape culture
In 1992 a young woman, Bhanwari Devi, was allegedly gang-raped near her village of Bhateri, some 40 miles from Jaipur, capital of the Indian state of Rajasthan. The incident has to be couched in “allegedly” and “reportedly” because – though the fact of the matter has been widely accepted, with compensation being paid to Devi by the state government – the five men accused were acquitted, and an appeal against the acquittal is still – 20 years after – pending.
On Dec. 16 of this year, another young woman, a 23-year-old medical student who has not been named, was gang-raped for an hour on a bus in New Delhi by six men. Using metal rods, the men beat her and her male companion, who tried to stop them, then threw them off the moving bus. The woman suffered grave internal and brain injuries, and has been moved to Singapore’s Mount Elizabeth hospital, where one of the world’s most advanced centers for organ transplants is located. She remains near death. Even if she survives, her life is likely to be severely restricted. (UPDATE: She died in India on Saturday.)
from India Insight:
Abhijit Mukherjee’s foot-in-mukh moment steals spotlight from rape cases
(Any opinions expressed here are those of the author, and not necessarily of Thomson Reuters)
India is angry. India is protesting. Rallies continue in New Delhi after the gang rape of a 23-year-old girl on Dec. 16. The rapes continue too. On Wednesday night, three men reportedly raped a 42-year-old woman and dumped her in South Delhi. There are more cases being reported every day.
from India Insight:
Voluntary reform is the only way out for Olympic pariah India
The outrage has simmered down, cricket has cast its usual mammoth shadow and there are burning, more important, social issues to deal with.
No wonder, there is simply no trace of the gloom that had descended on India after the world's second most populous nation was kicked out of Olympic family earlier this month.
