2012-01-23 Photo gallery

Worshippers burn joss sticks to pay thier first visit of the

A worshipper burns joss sticks to pay her first visit of the

An indian of the Tarahumara Mountains, northern Mexico, participates in a caravan for help in Mexico City, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012. Peasants and indigenous demanded a solution from the federal government to the drought that is affecting crops, cattl...

Indigenous and peasant participate in a caravan for help in Mexico City, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012. Demonstrators demanded a solution from the federal government to the drought that is affecting crops, cattle and people in northern Mexico. The Mexican...

An indian of the Tarahumara Mountains, northern Mexico, participates in a caravan for help in Mexico City, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012. Peasants and indigenous demanded a solution from the federal government to the drought that is affecting crops, cattl...

ndia's Sania Mirza, right, and Mahesh Bhupathi play Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic and Jurgen Melzer of Austria during their second round mixed doubles match at the Australian Open tennis championship, in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, Jan. ...

dia's Sania Mirza, left, and Mahesh Bhupathi celebrate after defeating Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic and Jurgen Melzer of Austria during their second round mixed doubles match at the Australian Open tennis championship, in Melbourne, Austr...

Indian Air Force soldiers march past at Rajpath during the full dress rehearsal for the Republic Day Parade 2012 in New Delhi on Monday. PTI Photo by Vijay Verma

CISF men march past at Rajpath during the full dress rehearsal for the Republic Day Parade 2012 in New Delhi on Monday. PTI Photo by Vijay Verma

Soldiers march past at Rajpath during the full dress rehearsal for the Republic Day Parade 2012 in New Delhi on Monday. PTI Photo by Vijay Verma

A groom offers water to his bride during a mass marriage secremony at a Nirankari Samagam in Navi Mumbai on Monday. 137 couples tied the nuptial knot during the ceremony. PTI Photo

Models wait to participate in an audition for the Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai, India, Monday, Jan. 23 , 2012. The event is scheduled to be held in first week of March in Mumbai. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Models wait to participate in an audition for the Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai, India, Monday, Jan. 23 , 2012. The event is scheduled to be held in first week of March in Mumbai. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Pakistani writer Fatima Bhutto based in Pakistan reacts during a session on Writing and Resistance, at the Jaipur Literature Festival, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, India, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012.

Egyptian-Moroccon television actress Houda Echouafni based in Britain looks on during a session on the story Arabian Nights an the Jaipur Literature Festival, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, India, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012.

Kashmiri writer Iftikhar Gilani, left, talks as Afghanistan-born writer Fatima Bhutto based in Pakistan looks on during a session on Writing and Resistance, at the Jaipur Literature Festival, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, India, Monday...

An Indian reader listens to Burmese historian Thant Myint-U, seen on a television during a session on Writing and Resistance, at the Jaipur Literature Festival, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, India, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012.

Palestinian lawyer-activist Raja Shehadeh reacts during a session on Writing and Resistance, at the Jaipur Literature Festival in Jaipur, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, India, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012.

Famous Indian poets, lyricists and script writer Javed Akhtar, left, talks on a mobile phone as Gulzar looks on during a session on 'what is a story', at the Jaipur Literature Festival in Jaipur, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, India, Mo...

Actor-playwright Girish Karnad and novelist Lionel Shriver at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2012 in Jaipur on Monday.

People walk on a snow covered road with their ponies after heavy snowfall in Kuffri on the outskirts of Shimla on Monday. PTI