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Photos: Yeh Hai India!
Last updated on: August 8, 2011 21:04 IST
Image: Kandhamal, Orissa
Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com
Uttam Ghosh's captivating Independence Day Special captures an India we rarely see.
Actors wait for the Ramlila performance in Kandhamal, Orissa.
Image: Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com
An old man listens to an election speech in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh.
Image: Melghat, Maharashtra
Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/ Rediff.com
A tribal woman at her doorstep in Melghat, Maharashtra.
Image: Amravati, Maharashtra
Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/ Rediff.com
An old church in Amravati, Maharashtra.
Image: Panvel, Maharashtra
Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com
A shoe shine for Rs 5 at Panvel railway station.
Image: Melghat, Maharashtra
Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com
Young boys make their way to the government run ashram in Melghat, Maharashtra.
Image: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com
A boat exhibition in Mumbai.
Image: Tembhali, Maharashtra
Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com
A village boy with a Che Guevara arm band in Tembhali, Maharashtra.
Image: New Delhi, India
Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com
A young enthusiast at the Congress party's plenary in New Delhi.
Image: Nandurbar, Maharashtra
Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com
A couple with their grandchild in their hut in Nandurbar, Maharashtra. They were given a temporary electricity connection before the prime minister's visit to the village.
Image: Kandhamal, Orissa
Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com
Tribal women at an election rally in Kandhamal, Orissa.
Image: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com
A man sits by the Shiv Sena party symbol in Girgaum, Mumbai.
Image: Raigad, Maharashtra
Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com
Girls playing baseball in Raigad, Maharashtra.
Image: Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com
A roadside salon in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh.
Image: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Photographs: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com
A boy in a stylish hat below a kite featuring filmstar Salman Khan at a shop in Dharavi, Mumbai.