Frederic Grare

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Frederic Grare

Day in pics (March 5, 2013)

Artists busy in making paintings at Academy of Fine Arts in Kolkata in support of Shahbagh square movement in Bangladesh. (IE Photo: Partha Paul)
Artists busy in making paintings at Academy of Fine Arts in Kolkata in support of Shahbagh square movement in Bangladesh. (IE Photo: Partha Paul)
Police lathicharge members of Bihar Panchayat Nagar Prarambhik Shikshak Sangh during a protest in Patna. (PTI)
Police lathicharge members of Bihar Panchayat Nagar Prarambhik Shikshak Sangh during a protest in Patna. (PTI)
A police jeep in flames during a protest by Bihar Panchayat Nagar Prarambhik Shikshak Sangh in Patna. (PTI)
A police jeep in flames during a protest by Bihar Panchayat Nagar Prarambhik Shikshak Sangh in Patna. (PTI)
Members of Tamil Eelam Supporters Organization (TESO) shout slogans during a protest against Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Chennai. (PTI)
Members of Tamil Eelam Supporters Organization (TESO) shout slogans during a protest against Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Chennai. (PTI)
A villager adjusts his turban beside women lying down on sidewalks as the economically backward protesters participated in a protest demanding pension for elderly poor citizens in New Delhi. (AP)
A villager adjusts his turban beside women lying down on sidewalks as the economically backward protesters participated in a protest demanding pension for elderly poor citizens in New Delhi. (AP)
Village women adjust their saris, listening to a speaker (unseen) as the economically backward protesters stage a rally demanding pension for elderly poor citizens in New Delhi. (AP)
Village women adjust their saris, listening to a speaker (unseen) as the economically backward protesters stage a rally demanding pension for elderly poor citizens in New Delhi. (AP)
A villager listens to a speaker (unseen) as he joins other economically backward protesters during a rally demanding pension for elderly poor citizens in New Delhi. (AP)
A villager listens to a speaker (unseen) as he joins other economically backward protesters during a rally demanding pension for elderly poor citizens in New Delhi. (AP)
Samajwadi Party MPs Ramgopal Yadav, Naresh Agarwal and Jaya Bachchan during the ongoing budget session at Parliament House in New Delhi. (PTI)
Samajwadi Party MPs Ramgopal Yadav, Naresh Agarwal and Jaya Bachchan during the ongoing budget session at Parliament House in New Delhi. (PTI)
A statue of former Syrian President Hafez Assad is pulled down in a central square in Raqqa, Syria. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)
A statue of former Syrian President Hafez Assad is pulled down in a central square in Raqqa, Syria. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)
Take a shower - A budding wrestler enjoys a quick bath after a dangal at Parhaladpur village in Delhi. (IE Photo: Ravi Kanojia)
Take a shower - A budding wrestler enjoys a quick bath after a dangal at Parhaladpur village in Delhi. (IE Photo: Ravi Kanojia)
Time to elect new Pope: Vatican City :Indian Cardinals Oswald Gracias, left, and Ivan Dias, center, arrive for a meeting, at the Vatican. Cardinals from around the world have gathered inside the Vatican for their first round of meetings before the conclave to elect the next pope, amid scandals inside and out of the Vatican and the continued reverberations of Benedict XVI's decision to retire. (AP/PTI)
Time to elect new Pope: Vatican City :Indian Cardinals Oswald Gracias, left, and Ivan Dias, center, arrive for a meeting, at the Vatican. Cardinals from around the world have gathered inside the Vatican for their first round of meetings before the conclave to elect the next pope, amid scandals inside and out of the Vatican and the continued reverberations of Benedict XVI's decision to retire. (AP/PTI)
Irom Sharmila, who has been on a decade long hunger strike protesting Armed Forces Special Power Act, waits to meet students at Manipur house, New Delhi. (IE Photo: Oinam Anand)
Irom Sharmila, who has been on a decade long hunger strike protesting Armed Forces Special Power Act, waits to meet students at Manipur house, New Delhi. (IE Photo: Oinam Anand)
Yuvraj is book-ed - Author Shailendra Singh along with Yuvraj Singh at the launch of his book, 'F?@K That' in Mumbai. (PTI)
Yuvraj is book-ed - Author Shailendra Singh along with Yuvraj Singh at the launch of his book, 'F?@K That' in Mumbai. (PTI)
Yamuna devotees stop a train during foot march near Kosikala of Mathura district on Monday.(PTI)
Yamuna devotees stop a train during foot march near Kosikala of Mathura district on Monday.(PTI)
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav speaking with the Parveen Azad (right) and other family members of the slain police officer Zia-ul-Haq at their residence in Deoria.(PTI)
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav speaking with the Parveen Azad (right) and other family members of the slain police officer Zia-ul-Haq at their residence in Deoria.(PTI)
A worker cuts wires of betel vines during its demolition and Land aquisition by the administration for POSCO at Gobindpur in Jagatsinghpur. (PTI)
A worker cuts wires of betel vines during its demolition and Land aquisition by the administration for POSCO at Gobindpur in Jagatsinghpur. (PTI)
Indian summers are back - Foreign tourists feel the heat as temperatures rise in Delhi. (IE Photo: Ravi Kanojia)
Indian summers are back - Foreign tourists feel the heat as temperatures rise in Delhi. (IE Photo: Ravi Kanojia)
Wrestlers at a mud fighting during a Dangal at Parhaladpur village in Delhi on Feb 3rd-2013. (IE Photo:  Ravi Kanojia)
Wrestlers at a mud fighting during a Dangal at Parhaladpur village in Delhi on Feb 3rd-2013. (IE Photo: Ravi Kanojia)
Haryana INLD MLA Mohammad Iliyas becomes speaker of mock session outside Vidhan Sabha after INLD MLAs suspended again from budget session in Chandigarh.  (IE Photo: Jaipal Singh)
Haryana INLD MLA Mohammad Iliyas becomes speaker of mock session outside Vidhan Sabha after INLD MLAs suspended again from budget session in Chandigarh. (IE Photo: Jaipal Singh)
Villagers give money to a wrestler after won a mud fight during a Dangal at Parhaladpur village in Delhi on Feb 3rd-2013. (IE Photo: Ravi Kanojia)
Villagers give money to a wrestler after won a mud fight during a Dangal at Parhaladpur village in Delhi on Feb 3rd-2013. (IE Photo: Ravi Kanojia)