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  • Nargis Akhter takes care of her 7 month old son Nahid Hassan in her home compound in Gazipur village, Upazila Sreepur, Gazipur, Bangladesh on 21st September 2011. Nargis, now aged 19, was pulled our of school and wed when she was 12 years old as her family was afraid that she might become a victim of severe eve-teasing. Sad to leave school, she recalls being 'terrified, sad and uncertain' on the day of her marriage. Being married off at such a young age "is not good for health," she says. Her first baby died soon after birth and she is now raising her 2nd child. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Nargis Akhter takes care of her 7 month old son Nahid Hassan in her home compound in Gazipur village, Upazila Sreepur, Gazipur, Bangladesh on 21st September 2011. Nargis, now aged 19, was pulled our of school and wed when she was 12 years old as her family was afraid that she might become a victim of severe eve-teasing. Sad to leave school, she recalls being 'terrified, sad and uncertain' on the day of her marriage. Being married off at such a young age "is not good for health," she says. Her first baby died soon after birth and she is now raising her 2nd child. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Nargis Akhter takes care of her 7 month old son Nahid Hassan in her home compound in Gazipur village, Upazila Sreepur, Gazipur, Bangladesh on 21st September 2011. Nargis, now aged 19, was pulled our of school and wed when she was 12 years old as her family was afraid that she might become a victim of severe eve-teasing. Sad to leave school, she recalls being 'terrified, sad and uncertain' on the day of her marriage. Being married off at such a young age "is not good for health," she says. Her first baby died soon after birth and she is now raising her 2nd child. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Oli Ahmed (11) sits for a portrait in the meeting hut of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. Oli says, "We are in extreme poverty. If our parents get a good price for our marriages, there is nothing we can do. (Also,) we are now in the era of gender equality and girls should be allowed to study instead of being married off." Oli wants to be a doctor when he grows up. The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Shashi Devi (aged 28) sits in her house in the village of Shahpurjat, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. While Shashi had a tubectomy done after having 2 sons, Monika, her brother-in-law's wife, is still trying for a son after having 2 daughters. Shashi did the operation because she wanted to "give her 2 children the best and inflation will make things difficult", and she believes that a "small family = happy family". She has been pushing Monika to get her husband to do an NSV so that Monika's life is not endangered since her previous pregnancies have been complicated. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Sitara's (aged 35, unseen) 7 children (5 daughters & 2 sons) cook for the breaking of fast during the month of Ramadhan and take care of each other in their small house in a village in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. "I wish that I could stop getting pregnant but our religion says that children are a gift of God." says Sitara, an illiterate muslim lady whose husband works as a vegetable vendor in the local village market. They have resisted all advises of permanent sterilization from the local village-level health workers. Children from left to right : Ajman (5), Rani (7), Chandni (14), Roshni (10), Tamanna (8 months), Asif (3), and Sufia (8). Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • (L-R) Amit (13), Kelaji Adivasi (45), Tribhuvan Adivasi (50), Akanksha (8), Vinita (23, married when 14, has 3 children), Vinita's baby, and Dharma (18, soon to be married), pose for a family portrait in their house in a tribal hamlet. Tribhuvan, a farm labourer, says that "it was a mistake to have so many children. Food is difficult for us." Kelaji and Tribhuvan have a total of 6 children and live in poverty in Baul ka Dhera hamlet, Mugari Village, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Allahabad, a poorer district of the state of Uttar Pradesh, is the most populated district of the most populous state of India. While Ghaziabad, located close to India's capital city, Delhi, has a population of 4,661,452 with a sex ratio of 878 girls against every 1000 boys, and a high literary percentage of 85%, Allahabad, has a population of 5,959,798 and a sex ratio of 902 girls against every 1000 boys and a literacy rate of 74.41%. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Jagroshan Sharma (aged 36, in grey) approaches random villagers from Shahpurjat village with Dr. Meenal Mehta (in blue), who is in charge of the USAID NSV projects in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. After doing NSV himself, he has been a star link worker introducing about 5 NSV cases per month since he started working part time under the tutelage of Dr Mehta. Jagroshan had chosen to do a non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) for many reasons. He wanted to be an equal partner in the relationship, knew that NSV was less complicated and will not put his wife through numerous problems, and wants his two children to do well in life and study in English medium schools despite his modest earnings. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • A villager (with bicycle) resists the idea of family planning because 'the world will end with a flood in year 2012 and if my children do not survive, I will need to reproduce' when Jagroshan Sharma (aged 36, extreme right) approaches random villagers from Shahpurjat village with Dr. Meenal Mehta (lady in blue), who is in charge of the USAID NSV projects in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. After doing NSV himself, he has been a star link worker introducing about 5 NSV cases per month since he started working part time under the tutelage of Dr Mehta. Jagroshan had chosen to do a non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) for many reasons. He wanted to be an equal partner in the relationship, knew that NSV was less complicated and will not put his wife through numerous problems, and wants his two children to do well in life and study in English medium schools despite his modest earnings. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Shashi Devi (aged 28) sits for a portrait in her house in the village of Shahpurjat, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. While Shashi had a tubectomy done after having 2 sons, Monika, her brother-in-law's wife, is still trying for a son after having 2 daughters. Shashi did the operation because she wanted to "give her 2 children the best and inflation will make things difficult", and she believes that a "small family is a happy family". She has been pushing Monika to get her husband to do an NSV so that Monika's life is not endangered since her previous pregnancies have been complicated. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • Shahida Begum, 35, dresses her daughter, Mahfuza Akhter (5), in her hut in Palashbari Villlage, Taragonj, Rangpur, Bangladesh on 18th September 2011, after a regular day of work as a saleswoman earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • (Facing left, top-bottom) Murunnahar Khatun (blue hat), Mosiammat Rahimah Begum (yellow sari), Mosammat Reshona Khatun (red sari) and Mosammat Dulali Begum (grey hat) work on their rugs at the Mornia Kik Rug Factory in Doani Villlage, Haragach Upazila, Rangpur, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011 where they work alongside 25 rural village women making rugs for German textile discounter Kik. Over 400 women have been economically empowered through the CARE Bangladesh WONDER Project that was completed recently. The WONDER Project's goals were to create sustainable income and employment opportunities for extremely poor women by training them in rug production for export. The women now earn about 4000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. The WONDER Project has now moved into a new phase that focusses on general healthcare, workplace safety and nutritional training and awareness programs. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • (L-R) Mosiammat Rahimah Begum (yellow sari) and Mosammat Reshona Khatun (center, red sari) work on their rugs at the Mornia Kik Rug Factory in Doani Villlage, Haragach Upazila, Rangpur, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011 where they work alongside 25 rural village women making rugs for German textile discounter Kik. Over 400 women have been economically empowered through the CARE Bangladesh WONDER Project that was completed recently. The WONDER Project's goals were to create sustainable income and employment opportunities for extremely poor women by training them in rug production for export. The women now earn about 4000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. The WONDER Project has now moved into a new phase that focusses on general healthcare, workplace safety and nutritional training and awareness programs. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Aklima Khatun works on her rug at the Mornia Kik Rug Factory in Doani Villlage, Haragach Upazila, Rangpur, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011 where she works alongside 25 rural village women making rugs for German textile discounter Kik. Over 400 women have been economically empowered through the CARE Bangladesh WONDER Project that was completed recently. The WONDER Project's goals were to create sustainable income and employment opportunities for extremely poor women by training them in rug production for export. The women now earn about 4000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. The WONDER Project has now moved into a new phase that focusses on general healthcare, workplace safety and nutritional training and awareness programs. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • A widow, Rubi Begum, 40 (sitting in center), sells her products in Ghagoa Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. Living alone after her husband's passing, she has now (since 2.5 years) found financial independence by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • A widow, Rubi Begum, 40 (standing in center), poses for a portrait in Ghagoa Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. Living alone after her husband's passing, she has now (since 2.5 years) found financial independence by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Jesmin Akhter, 26 (in turquoise & blue), poses for a portrait in one of her 'marketplaces', Jerai Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to her household income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is the top saleswoman under her 'hub', out of 30 women. Having worked for about 2.5 years, she cycles from village to village and door to door in a country where women on bicycles is an extremely uncommon sight. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Men head home by boat after a day of work in rural Bangladesh near Bogra, northern Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • American Jennifer (center, blond), 38, chats with other surrogacy clients as they wait in the Akanksha Infertility Clinic in the small town of Anand, Gujarat, India. Jennifer wants to try surrogacy after 5 unexplained failed pregnancies, "I would go and pick a baby up from the street, which I wouldn't really but that's the kind of desperation that comes from infertility." The Akanksha Infertility Clinic is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses.
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  • The IVF machine (the left needle holder is to hold the egg and the right one is used to inject sperm.  The plate below is maintained at normal body temperature of 37.5 degree Celsius) .The Akanksha Infertility Clinic is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses.
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  • A European mother cradles her newborn in the Akanksha Infertility Clinic in the small town of Anand, Gujarat, India. The Akanksha Infertility Clinic is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses.
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  • Patients, surrogates, and clients wait in the reception area in the Akanksha Infertility Clinic in the small town of Anand, Gujarat, India. .The Akanksha Infertility Clinic is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses.
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  • A nurse takes blood samples from an Indian woman at the reception area of the Akanksha Infertility Clinic in the town of Anand, Gujarat, India...The Akanksha Infertility Clinic in Anand, Gujarat, India, is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses.
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  • A European mother cradles her newborn in the Akanksha Infertility Clinic in the small town of Anand, Gujarat, India. The Akanksha Infertility Clinic is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses.
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  • A young girl hacks and pries at the coal walls at the open-pit coalmines of Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India. Sent out to work in hazardous working conditions at extremely young ages, young children work as hard labourers for less than a dollar a day in the coalmines of Dhanbad, the richest coal reserve of India.
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  • A young girl looks at the mines from her village after a hard day's labour in the open-pit coalmines of Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India.  Even as India is seeing an economic growth rate of 8.8 per cent (2009/10), crushing poverty and malnutrition are harsh realities for millions of women and children. Many inequities are tied to the hindu caste system, gender and class..
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  • A young girl looks at the mine walls while waiting for her load of coal in the open-pit coalmines of Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India.
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  • A young barefooted miner fills her basket with coal, and prepares to carry head-loads of heavy coal rocks for kilometers, across sharp stones and hot coals in the open-pit coalmines of Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India.
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  • Young children hide their faces from a gust of dusty wind as they watch over high quality coke coal being burnt on the fringes of the mines in Jharia, Jharkhand, India.
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  • After a full day of transporting coal by foot, this young girl miner spends 5 hours during her evenings burning coal piles on the fringes of the coalmines of Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India. The earth is literally on fire as vast subterranean coal fires burn out of control beneath the villages on the fringe of the mines, threatening sudden ground cave-ins that swallow entire homes, but the mining families still live and work in these conditions due to abject poverty.  .
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  • 29 September 2008, India, Delhi - Kushti, Shri Hanuman Akhara in Old Delhi; Home to over 60 wrestlers, and akhara to over 60 more. This school has produced many medal winning wrestlers, the latest being the 3rd runner-up in the 2008 Olympic Games, Rajiv Tomar Pehelwan.  Photo : Suzanne Lee for The National.
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  • 29 September 2008, India, Delhi - Kushti, Shri Hanuman Akhara in Old Delhi; Home to over 60 wrestlers, and akhara to over 60 more. This school has produced many medal winning wrestlers, the latest being the 3rd runner-up in the 2008 Olympic Games, Rajiv Tomar Pehelwan.  Photo : Suzanne Lee for The National.
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  • 29 September 2008, India, Delhi - Kushti, Shri Hanuman Akhara in Old Delhi; Home to over 60 wrestlers, and akhara to over 60 more. This school has produced many medal winning wrestlers, the latest being the 3rd runner-up in the 2008 Olympic Games, Rajiv Tomar Pehelwan.  Photo : Suzanne Lee for The National.
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  • 29 September 2008, India, Delhi - Kushti, Shri Hanuman Akhara in Old Delhi; Home to over 60 wrestlers, and akhara to over 60 more. This school has produced many medal winning wrestlers, the latest being the 3rd runner-up in the 2008 Olympic Games, Rajiv Tomar Pehelwan.  Photo : Suzanne Lee for The National.
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  • 29 September 2008, India, Delhi - Kushti, Shri Hanuman Akhara in Old Delhi; Home to over 60 wrestlers, and akhara to over 60 more. This school has produced many medal winning wrestlers, the latest being the 3rd runner-up in the 2008 Olympic Games, Rajiv Tomar Pehelwan.  Photo : Suzanne Lee for The National.
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  • 29 September 2008, India, Delhi - Kushti, Shri Hanuman Akhara in Old Delhi; Home to over 60 wrestlers, and akhara to over 60 more. This school has produced many medal winning wrestlers, the latest being the 3rd runner-up in the 2008 Olympic Games, Rajiv Tomar Pehelwan.  Photo : Suzanne Lee for The National.
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  • CNN-IBN on 9th December 2010. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • CNN-IBN on 8th December 2010. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • CNN-IBN on 7th December 2010. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • Bill Gates (center), co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), and Peter Small (right), BMGF Deputy Director of TB, enters a laboratory as doctors give them a tour of the Lala Ram Swawrup (LRS) Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases in New Delhi, India on 24th March 2011.
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  • Bill Gates (center), co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) enters the culture room as doctors give him a tour of the Lala Ram Swawrup (LRS) Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases in New Delhi, India on 24th March 2011.
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  • KPN company, Getronics, has off shored multiple business units to the Indian company, Mind Tree in Bangalore, the 'Silicon Valley of India', in the state of Karnataka, India. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Hollandse Hoogte.
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  • Attendees register and mingle in registration area at the India Islamic Cultural Centre during the TEDxChange @ TEDxDelhi in New Delhi, India on 22nd March 2011..
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  • CNN-IBN on 7th December 2010. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • ALSTOM's employees and visitors are seen, through a glass, in the reception area of the office in Bangalore, Karnataka, India on 10th March 2011. .Photo by Suzanne Lee/Abaca Press
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  • Colleagues get back to work and meetings after the puja (prayer and blessing) ceremony at the opening of the new Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation office in New Delhi, India on 17th December 2010. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Gates Foundation
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  • Colleagues share a meal at the break area of the new Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation office in New Delhi, India on 17th December 2010. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Gates Foundation
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  • Doctors handle cultures in the laboratory where the new GeneXpert diagnostic system is installed at the Lala Ram Swawrup (LRS) Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases in New Delhi, India on 24th March 2011, World TB Day.
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  • An employee is seen working on ALSTOM's Relay Rack in the Signalling Equipment Room (SER) at the depot and primary station, Baiyappanahalli, in Bangalore, Karnataka, India on 10th March 2011..Photo by Suzanne Lee/Abaca Press
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  • An ALSTOM worker walks near the Third Line Power Supply rails (yellow rails, left) in the Baiyappanahalli depot station in Bangalore, Karnataka, India on 10th March 2011. .Photo by Suzanne Lee/Abaca Press
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  • Open office..Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Office space in New Delhi, Delhi, India. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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  • ALSTOM employees and engineers pose for a group portrait in the warehouse of ALSTOM's site project office near to the depot station Baiyappanahalli in Bangalore, Karnataka, India on 10th March 2011. .Photo by Suzanne Lee/Abaca Press
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  • Doctors at work in the microscopy room of the Lala Ram Swawrup (LRS) Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases in New Delhi, India on 24th March 2011, World TB Day.
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  • Vishwajeet Kumar speaks on stage at the India Islamic Cultural Centre during the TEDxChange @ TEDxDelhi in New Delhi, India on 22nd March 2011..
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  • Rajdeep Sardesai anchoring his show, India at 9, on CNN-IBN in Studio 1 on 6th December 2010. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • CNN-IBN on 8th December 2010. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • CNN-IBN on 8th December 2010. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • Colleagues chat and sing hymns the puja (prayer and blessing) ceremony during the opening of the new Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation office in New Delhi, India on 17th December 2010. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Gates Foundation
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  • Colleagues meet and reunite at the reception area of the new Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation office in New Delhi, India on 17th December 2010. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Gates Foundation
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  • Attendees listen to the talks at the India Islamic Cultural Centre during the TEDxChange @ TEDxDelhi in New Delhi, India on 22nd March 2011..
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  • Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) speaks about Tuberculosis issues as the Union Minister of Science and Technology /Minister of Earth Sciences / Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal, looks on at the "Maximising India's Capacity" press briefing hosted by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India in Le Meridien Hotel, New Delhi, India on 24th March 2011..
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  • Kitchen..Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Office space in New Delhi, Delhi, India. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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  • Kamla Devi, aged 38, from Shironj, Ajmer, Rajasthan, was Rajasthan's first woman Barefoot Solar Engineer. She had become a Barefoot Solar Engineer 17 years ago and has been practicing since. Now, besides being a solar engineer, she empowers other women and teaches at the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Santosh Devi, aged 19, poses for a portrait in her workshop at home. She graduated 2 years ago from the solar engineering course of the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. She has since solar powered 20 homes in her village, Balaji Ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagur District, Rajasthan, making it the first village in India to be 100% solar powered in all houses. Above this, she does all maintenance for the neighbouring village, Gudda Ki Dhani, where the previous male solar engineer had left the village to find unrelated work in the city. Barefoot College prefers training women to be solar engineers for this reason that they have higher chances of staying in the village instead of moving to the cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Santosh Devi, aged 19, poses for a portrait on the rooftop with her solar panels. She graduated 2 years ago from the solar engineering course of the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. She has since solar powered 20 homes in her village, Balaji Ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagur District, Rajasthan, making it the first village in India to be 100% solar powered in all houses. Above this, she does all maintenance for the neighbouring village, Gudda Ki Dhani, where the previous male solar engineer had left the village to find unrelated work in the city. Barefoot College prefers training women to be solar engineers for this reason that they have higher chances of staying in the village instead of moving to the cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Nomad Santra Banjara, aged 25, poses for a portrait with a borrowed solar lantern next to her camel in the nomadic village, Banjara Ki Dhani. Ancestrally known as rich salt merchants, until commercially packaged salt was available in the market, they now work as daily wage labourers in nearby agricultural fields. Three years ago, when the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India, had come to sell solar panels and lanterns to them at INR 1000 per set, Santra's family were skeptics of the solar technology. Since then, they have been borrowing a solar set from the village school. Today, they have ordered a set from the Barefoot College for themselves. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Precious Molobane Mamogale, aged 42, from Fetakgomo, Lompopo, South Africa, sits in class with other international students. She has been studying a 6 month course in solar engineering in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India since two weeks ago. She misses home dearly and wears a star badge on her clothes everyday, a symbol of her church. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • (L-R) International students of the Barefoot Solar Engineering class, Kingzing Chodon (aged 30) from Lour, Bhutan; Precious Molobane Mamogale, aged 42, from Fetakgomo, Lompopo, South Africa; and Matildah Chikwata (aged 43) from Chibaya, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe, pose for a group portrait in class. They are all students in a 6 month course in solar engineering in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Choti Devi (right), aged 63, harvests Bengal Gram from her field in Balaji ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagaur District, Rajasthan, together with hired labour. Barefoot solar engineer Santosh Devi who graduated from a  solar course in the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India, had provided Choti Devi with solar power and lanterns improving her life by allowing her to protect herself from poisonous monsoon insects and work late in the fields, cook in the night, and protect her cattle when they return from grazing after sunset. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Dr. Vandana Shiva holds a bouquet of dried wheat, millet and fenugreek as she poses amongst hanging dried crops and her laboratory coat in the Navdanya Seed bank in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India, on 6th September 2009. The inside walls of the seed bank have all been painted by Gujarati and Rajasthani tribal artists...Dr. Vandana Shiva, the founder of Navdanya Foundation and Bijavidyapeeth, is a physicist turned environmentalist who campaigns against genetically modified food and teaches farmers to rely on indigenous farming methods.. .Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • Dr. Ajai Sahni, a terrorism expert and the Executive Director of the Institute for Conflict Management, in his office in New Delhi, days after the recent terrorist attack on some of Mumbai's most known landmarks, on 30th November 2008.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National.
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  • 30th March 2009, Mysore, Karnataka, India: 15ml capacity phials that contain 10ml of indelible ink move along the conveyor belt after filling, sealing, capping and labeling. .These indelible ink will be used for the upcoming 2009 India Lok Sabha Elections. Each phial, if properly applied, can be used to mark as many as 700 voters. Only one company, Mysore Paints and Varnish, manufactures the secret formula of indelible ink that is used for all Indian elections since the biggest democratic nation in the world started using ink to mark the fingers of its voters in 1962.   Photo by Suzanne Lee/The National
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  • 30th March 2009, Mysore, Karnataka, India: Factory workers arrange the plastic phials that contain 10ml of indelible ink on trays to be sent to the sealing section. .Indelible Ink used for the upcoming 2009 India Lok Sabha Elections have been filled into the 15ml capacity phials. In each phial, 10ml of ink is filled, and if properly applied, can be used to mark as many as 700 voters. Only one company, Mysore Paints and Varnish, manufactures the secret formula of indelible ink that is used for all Indian elections since the biggest democratic nation in the world started using ink to mark the fingers of its voters in 1962.   Photo by Suzanne Lee/The National
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  • 30th March 2009, Mysore, Karnataka, India:  A factory worker adjusts the labels as phials of ink get labeled by a machine. It is the first year that a machine is used as all this used to be done manually since 1962. .Indelible ink that will be used for the upcoming 2009 India Lok Sabha Elections are being labeled. Each phial contains 10ml of ink and if properly applied, can be used to mark as many as 700 voters. Only one company, Mysore Paints and Varnish, manufactures the secret formula of indelible ink that is used for all Indian elections since the biggest democratic nation in the world started using ink to mark the fingers of its voters in 1962.   Photo by Suzanne Lee/The National
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  • 30th March 2009, Mysore, Karnataka, India:  Factory workers manually check the tightness of the caps after phials of ink pass through a machine to fill, seal, cap and label the plastic phials. It is the first year that a machine is used as all this used to be done manually since 1962. .Indelible Ink used for the upcoming 2009 India Lok Sabha Elections have been filled into the 15ml capacity phials. In each phial, 10ml of ink is filled, and if properly applied, can be used to mark as many as 700 voters. Only one company, Mysore Paints and Varnish, manufactures the secret formula of indelible ink that is used for all Indian elections since the biggest democratic nation in the world started using ink to mark the fingers of its voters in 1962.   Photo by Suzanne Lee/The National
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  • 30th March 2009, Mysore, Karnataka, India:  A factory worker manually hammers in the inner seal of the phials of indelible ink that will be used for the upcoming 2009 India Lok Sabha Elections. Each phial contains 10ml of ink and if properly applied, can be used to mark as many as 700 voters. Only one company, Mysore Paints and Varnish, manufactures the secret formula of indelible ink that is used for all Indian elections since the biggest democratic nation in the world started using ink to mark the fingers of its voters in 1962.   Photo by Suzanne Lee/The National
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  • 30th March 2009, Mysore, Karnataka, India:  The indelible ink that will be used for the upcoming 2009 India Lok Sabha Elections. Each phial contains 10ml of ink and if properly applied, can be used to mark as many as 700 voters. Only one company, Mysore Paints and Varnish, manufactures the secret formula of indelible ink that is used for all Indian elections since the biggest democratic nation in the world started using ink to mark the fingers of its voters in 1962. The same ink has also been supplied to many other countries, including Turkey, Cambodia, Sierra Leona, Mongolia, Bhutan, Nepal, Papua New Guinea and Maldives.  Photo by Suzanne Lee/The National
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  • The road from Leh to Tso Moriri is accompanied for most of the journey by the Indus River, until after Mahe, which then turns into sandy plains of the wild life reserve area where Tso Moriri is. The lake is surrounded by the elevated valley of Rupshu with hills rising to 6,000m, and on its western bank sits the village of Korzok, established over 300 years ago..Tso Moriri is a High Altitude Lake (HAL) with an altitude of 4,595m and is the largest of the High Altitude Lakes in the Trans-Himalayan biogeographic region, entirely within India..*Pre-season Jeep road trip from Delhi to Amritsar, Srinagar, Kargil, Lamayuru, Leh, Khardung La, Tso Moriri and back to Delhi in May 2010. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • The road from Leh to Tso Moriri is accompanied for most of the journey by the Indus River, until after Mahe, which then turns into sandy plains of the wild life reserve area where Tso Moriri is. The lake is surrounded by the elevated valley of Rupshu with hills rising to 6,000m, and on its western bank sits the village of Korzok, established over 300 years ago..Tso Moriri is a High Altitude Lake (HAL) with an altitude of 4,595m and is the largest of the High Altitude Lakes in the Trans-Himalayan biogeographic region, entirely within India..*Pre-season Jeep road trip from Delhi to Amritsar, Srinagar, Kargil, Lamayuru, Leh, Khardung La, Tso Moriri and back to Delhi in May 2010. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • The road from Leh to Tso Moriri is accompanied for most of the journey by the Indus River, until after Mahe, which then turns into sandy plains of the wild life reserve area where Tso Moriri is. The lake is surrounded by the elevated valley of Rupshu with hills rising to 6,000m, and on its western bank sits the village of Korzok, established over 300 years ago..Tso Moriri is a High Altitude Lake (HAL) with an altitude of 4,595m and is the largest of the High Altitude Lakes in the Trans-Himalayan biogeographic region, entirely within India..*Pre-season Jeep road trip from Delhi to Amritsar, Srinagar, Kargil, Lamayuru, Leh, Khardung La, Tso Moriri and back to Delhi in May 2010. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • The road from Leh to Tso Moriri is accompanied for most of the journey by the Indus River, until after Mahe, which then turns into sandy plains of the wild life reserve area where Tso Moriri is. The lake is surrounded by the elevated valley of Rupshu with hills rising to 6,000m, and on its western bank sits the village of Korzok, established over 300 years ago..Tso Moriri is a High Altitude Lake (HAL) with an altitude of 4,595m and is the largest of the High Altitude Lakes in the Trans-Himalayan biogeographic region, entirely within India..*Pre-season Jeep road trip from Delhi to Amritsar, Srinagar, Kargil, Lamayuru, Leh, Khardung La, Tso Moriri and back to Delhi in May 2010. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • The road from Leh to Tso Moriri is accompanied for most of the journey by the Indus River, until after Mahe, which then turns into sandy plains of the wild life reserve area where Tso Moriri is. The lake is surrounded by the elevated valley of Rupshu with hills rising to 6,000m, and on its western bank sits the village of Korzok, established over 300 years ago..Tso Moriri is a High Altitude Lake (HAL) with an altitude of 4,595m and is the largest of the High Altitude Lakes in the Trans-Himalayan biogeographic region, entirely within India..*Pre-season Jeep road trip from Delhi to Amritsar, Srinagar, Kargil, Lamayuru, Leh, Khardung La, Tso Moriri and back to Delhi in May 2010. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • Scenery around Leh, Ladakh..*Pre-season Jeep road trip from Delhi to Amritsar, Srinagar, Kargil, Lamayuru, Leh, Khardung La, Tso Moriri and back to Delhi in May 2010. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • Scenery around Leh, Ladakh..*Pre-season Jeep road trip from Delhi to Amritsar, Srinagar, Kargil, Lamayuru, Leh, Khardung La, Tso Moriri and back to Delhi in May 2010. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • Stok Gompa. Stok (3364m) is the current residence of the former royal family of Ladakh.*Pre-season Jeep road trip from Delhi to Amritsar, Srinagar, Kargil, Lamayuru, Leh, Khardung La, Tso Moriri and back to Delhi in May 2010. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • Hemis Monastery of the Drukpa lineage, dating back to the year 1630, holds the distinction of being the biggest as well as the wealthiest monastery of Ladakh..*Pre-season Jeep road trip from Delhi to Amritsar, Srinagar, Kargil, Lamayuru, Leh, Khardung La, Tso Moriri and back to Delhi in May 2010. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • Photos of the Drukpa Lineage Head Lama of Hemis and Ladakh on the Pad Yatra, arriving in Shyang for the final night of camping on 30th June 2009 before concluding the one and a half month long trek to Hemis from Manali. The trek was joined by over 600 people including nuns, monks, foreigners and other buddhist followers..Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • An elderly Ladakhi woman spins a handheld mani prayer wheel as she chants prayers in Chokhang Vihara, the central monastery in Leh town, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India, on 30th May 2009. Locals gather there to chant and pray together for the 6th Tara Ceremony 2009, which is presided over by a high lama, the venerable 9th Choegon Rinpoche.  Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • Young monks refill kettles of tea while special prayers commence at Thiksay Monastery, Leh, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India on the morning of 1st June 2009. Thiksay, founded in the 15th century, sits on a hill 19 km southeast of Leh town, and houses approximately 100 monks.  Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • A Ladakhi boy plays in the fields on 2nd June 2009 as his relative looks out from the family house, one of only 3 houses scattered on one side of the valley of Ulley. His relatives run a Home stay program. Ulley is a scattered village of only 5 houses, one school, 38 people, 4 school children, and 4 pet dogs. The village is not accessible by road. The homestay program is managed by 'Snow Leopard Conservation Organisation', an NGO that helps families in the mountains that face constant snow leopard attacks on their livestock.  Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • Rinchen Namgyal, aged 19, helps his mother with the cooking on 2nd June 2009. They run a home stay program in Ulley Valley, a scattered village of only 5 houses, one school, 38 people, 4 school children, and 4 pet dogs. The village is not accessible by road. The homestay program is managed by 'Snow Leopard Conservation Organisation', an NGO that helps families in the mountains that face constant snow leopard attacks on their livestock. Leh town is 3505m above sea level, in the Indian Himalayan mountains, in the valley of Ladakh is located in the Indian Himalayas, in the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • Tourists ride Bactrian camels across the desert sand dunes in Hundar. The camels are a legacy left behind by the caravans plying the spice and textile trade routes between Punjab and China. Scenery of Nubra Valley, Ladakh on 4th June 2009. The valley of Ladakh is located in the Indian Himalayas, in the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • Tibetan Buddhist monks go about their daily lives in the Diskit Monastery, Nubra Valley, Ladakh on 4th June 2009. Diskit, established in the early 15th century,  is located about 150km from Leh, in the Nubra valley where temperatures can drop to way below -40C in the winter time. The valley of Ladakh is located in the Indian Himalayas, in the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • The resident caretaker monk is seen doing his morning chores in the main prayer room of the Chambra Buddhist monastery located at the 'forbidden' bridge near the border of Pakistan, in Hundar, Nubra Valley, Ladakh on 5th June 2009. The valley of Ladakh is located in the Indian Himalayas, in the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • Passengers drink chai as they wait on the platforms at Dhuri Junction Stn., Punjab on 7th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Train passengers on the Himsagar Express 6318 passing through Haryana on 7th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Two men travelling from Gujarat chat through the window with their relatives on the Himsagar Express 6318 as it stops at Chandrapur stn., Maharashtra on 8th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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  • Scenery as the Himsagar Express 6318 passes through Andhra Pradesh on 8th July 2009.. .6318 / Himsagar Express, India's longest single train journey, spanning 3720 kms, going from the mountains (Hima) to the seas (Sagar), from Jammu and Kashmir state of the Indian Himalayas to Kanyakumari, which is the southern most tip of India...Photo by Suzanne Lee / for The National
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