An Indian village man folds palm leaves as he makes firecrackers with bare hands at his workshop at Bhingharpur village, outskirts of Bhubaneswar, Orissa state, India, Monday, November 2, 2015. Fire crackers are in high demand in India during the upcoming festival of lights, “Diwali”. (Photo by Biswaranjan Rout/AP Photo)





An Indian actor dressed as Rama, the main character of the Hindu epic Ramayana, prepares to perform at a theatre in Bangalore, India, Monday, November 2, 2015. The performance was self-funded by a group of artists who do other jobs for a living. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)





Hindu devotees attend prayer with burning incense and light oil lamps before break fasting during a religious festival called Rakher Upabash in Narayangonj, Bangladesh November 3, 2015. The festival is celebrated in memory of the 18th Century Hindu saint Baba Loknath. (Photo by Abir Abdullah/EPA)





A devotee offers sweets to an idol of the Hindu goddess Durga while offering prayers on the last day of the Durga Puja festival in Allahabad, India, October 23, 2015. The Durga Puja festival is the biggest religious event for Bengali Hindus. Hindus believe that the goddess Durga symbolises power and the triumph of good over evil. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)





A Shi'ite Muslim walks over burning coal during a Muharram procession to mark Ashura in Bengaluru, India, October 24, 2015. (Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa/Reuters)





Shi'ite Muslims flagellate themselves during a Muharram procession to mark Ashura in Kolkata, India, October 24, 2015. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A Shi'ite Muslim flagellates himself during a Muharram procession to mark Ashura in Bengaluru, India, October 24, 2015. Ashura, which falls on the 10th day of the Islamic month of Muharram, commemorates the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammad, who was killed in the seventh century battle of Kerbala. (Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa/Reuters)





A man performs with fire during a Muharram procession to mark Ashura in Ahmedabad, India, October 24, 2015. Ashura, which falls on the 10th day of the Islamic month of Muharram, commemorates the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammad, who was killed in the seventh century battle of Kerbala. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Devotees immerse an idol of the Hindu goddess Durga into the Ganges river after the end of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India, October 25, 2015. The Durga Puja festival is the biggest religious event for Bengali Hindus. Hindus believe that the goddess Durga symbolises power and the triumph of good over evil. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Devotees immerse an idol of the Hindu goddess Durga into the Ganges river after end of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India, October 25, 2015. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Devotees prepare to unload an idol of the Hindu goddess Durga for immersion into the Ganges river after the end of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India, October 25, 2015. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Municipal workers push an idol of the Hindu goddess Durga after it was immersed into the Ganges river after the end of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India, October 25, 2015. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A municipal worker walks past a logo of ICICI Bank at its headquarters in Mumbai in this October 25, 2013 file photo. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A rickshaw puller speaks on his mobile phone as he waits for customers in front of advertisement billboards belonging to telecom companies in Kolkata in this February 3, 2014 file photo. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





An IndiGo Airlines aircraft prepares to land as a man paddles his cycle rickshaw in Ahmedabad, India, October 26, 2015. Indian budget airline IndiGo is likely to reap the rewards of its frugal business strategy when it launches on Tuesday an up to $465 million initial public offer in one of the world's fastest growing – and most competitive – aviation markets. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A vendor makes artificial garlands for sale inside his shop ahead of the Hindu festival of Diwali in Ahmedabad, India, October 29, 2015. Flowers are offered to Hindu gods and goddesses on the occasion of Diwali, the annual festival of lights that will be celebrated across the country on November 11. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Women with their hands decorated with henna paste pose for pictures as they pray during the Hindu festival of Karva Chauth in Ahmedabad, India, October 30, 2015. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Women pray during the Hindu festival of Karva Chauth inside the premises of a temple in Chandigarh, India, October 30, 2015. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)





Women look through sieves as they perform a ritual while praying during the Hindu festival of Karva Chauth in Chandigarh, India, October 30, 2015. Married Hindu women observe a one-day fast and offer prayers for the well-being of their husbands during the festival. The fast begins before sunrise and ends after they worship the moon in the evening. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)





Employees sit during their lunch time inside a textile mill of Orient Craft Ltd. at Gurgaon in Haryana, northern India in this April 16, 2014 file photo. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)





Ambassador cars, manufactured by Hindustan Motors, which are used by the government officials, are parked on the outskirts of Jammu in this March 4, 2011 file photo. (Photo by Mukesh Gupta/Reuters)





Workers manufacture gear parts at a workshop in an industrial area in Mumbai, India, November 2, 2015. Growth in India's manufacturing sector cooled to its slowest in 22 months in October as domestic demand softened, a private survey showed on Monday, adding pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to usher in long-promised reforms. (Photo by Shailesh Andrade/Reuters)





A worker welds an automobile gear casing at a workshop in an industrial area in Mumbai, India, November 2, 2015. (Photo by Shailesh Andrade/Reuters)





An artist dressed as the Hindu god Rama speaks on a mobile phone backstage before taking part in the re-enactment of Ramayana, an Indian mythological epic, inside a theatre in Bengaluru, India, November 2, 2015. (Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa/Reuters)





People burn incense sticks and light candles as they pray beside the graves of their relatives at a cemetery during the observance of All Souls Day in Kolkata November 2, 2015. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A girl places incense sticks on the grave of her relative at a cemetery during the observance of All Souls Day in Kolkata November 2, 2015. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Labourers load coal on trucks at Bari Brahamina on the outskirts of Jammu, India in this March 16, 2012 file photo. (Photo by Mukesh Gupta/Reuters)





Workers of the youth wing of India's opposition Congress party shout slogans as they scuffle with police during a protest in Srinagar, November 3, 2015. Indian police detained dozens of workers on Tuesday during the demonstration against what protesters said were rising communal tension and a lack of jobs in Jammu and Kashmir state, a party spokesman said. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





A worker folds the cable of a welding machine in front of two office buildings at the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) at Gandhinagar, in the western Indian state of Gujarat, in this April 10, 2015 file photo. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A saleswoman places a gold necklace on a shelf at a showroom in Mumbai, India, August 13, 2015. (Photo by Shailesh Andrade/Reuters)





A Kashmiri man walks down a road covered with fallen leaves from chinar trees in Srinagar, India November 4, 2015. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





A lead clown waits backstage before a show at the Rambo Circus in Mumbai, India, November 4, 2015. According to Rambo Circus owner Sujit Dilip, the ban on the use of wild animals, the lack of new artists and various restrictions by the government have resulted in the drastic decline of the circus industry in India. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





Stunt performers ride their motorcycles on the walls of the "Well of Death", at a fair on the outskirts of Bengaluru, India, November 5, 2015. The performers earn their livelihood by performing daredevil stunts such as driving their bikes and cars on the walls of the "Well of Death" attraction, which draws a large number of spectators. (Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa/Reuters)





Jaswinder Kaur, a farmer, removes whitefly pest from cotton pods after plucking them from her damaged Bt cotton field on the outskirts of Bhatinda in Punjab, India, October 28, 2015. Indian farmers are for the first time abandoning genetically modified cotton after a devastating pest attack ravaged their fields, sowing doubts about the crop technology that had been hailed as a panacea. The whitefly attack on the Bt cotton variety in the states of Punjab and Haryana has caused a rural crisis: at least three farmers have committed suicide around the city of Bhatinda and tens of thousands protested to demand state aid. (Photo by Munish Sharma/Reuters)





Indian security personnel patrol near the venue where Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a rally on Saturday, in Srinagar, November 6, 2015. Indian security forces have detained nearly 400 Kashmiri separatists to prevent them marching in protest during Modi's visit on Saturday, police said, raising tension in the disputed territory. Modi is making his first trip this year to Kashmir where militant violence continues, although it is nowhere near the level of the 1990s when armed revolt against Indian rule erupted. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





A girl reacts as she waits to buy popcorn from a vendor at a slum in Mumbai, India, November 6, 2015. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





Indian policemen frisk Kashmiri men at the entrance of the cricket stadium where Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address a rally in Srinagar, November 7, 2015. Modi pledged 800 billion rupees ($12.10 billion) in funds to bolster development and economic growth in Kashmir, a year after the worst flooding in more than a century destroyed half a million homes there. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





Supporters of Congress party celebrate after learning of initial results outside the party office in Ahmedabad, India, November 8, 2015. Prime Minister Narendra Modi suffered a heavy defeat on Sunday in an election in Bihar, India's third most-populous state, signalling the waning power of a leader who until recently had an unrivalled reputation as a vote winner. Modi's second straight regional election setback will galvanise opposition parties, embolden rivals in his own party and diminish his standing with foreign leaders amid concern he may not win a second term as prime minister. An anti-Modi alliance led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was ahead in 179 seats in the 243-seat regional assembly, an overwhelming majority, tallies compiled by the election commission showed. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A picture made available on 30 October 2015 shows Indian married women getting their hands and arms decorated with henna during the eve of the Karva Chauth festival at a roadside in Bhopal, India, 29 October 2015. Married Hindu women observed fasting and praying for the longevity and wellbeing of their husbands. Karva Chauth festival will be observed on 30 October this year. (Photo by Sanjeev Gupta/EPA)





Kashmiri men sell their produce at the floating vegetable market on the Dal Lake surrounded by dense fog on a cold morning in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, October 28, 2015. Vegetables traded in the floating market are supplied to Srinagar and many towns across the Kashmir valley. It's one of the major sources of income for the lake dwellers who spend years carefully nurturing their floating gardens from the weeds and rich soil extracted from the lake bed. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





An Indian woman arranges an earthen lamp for the upcoming Diwali festival in Mumbai, India, Friday, October 30, 2015. Diya is a small earthen lamp primarily used during Diwali, the festival of lights. Also, known as 'deep', diya is traditionally made of clay. During Diwali, the earthen lamps are used for illuminating and decorate the entire home and premises, apart from aarti. The diya is filled with ghee or oil, which work as fuel for it. (Photo by Divyakant Solanki/EPA)





Elephants are lined up for tourists to ride at the Kaziranga national park at Kaziranga, northeastern Assam state, India, Sunday, November 1, 2015. The park was reopened Sunday for tourists after its routine closure during the monsoon season. Assam is home to the world's largest concentration of rhinos. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





An Indian policeman removes a piece of rock placed by protestors to block traffic during a protest against the killing of a youth in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, November 8, 2015. One demonstrator was killed Saturday, during clashes with government troops shortly after Prime Minister Narendra Modi ended a daylong visit in which he promised $12 billion in aid to the troubled region. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





Indian labourers work at Raj firecracker factory in Liusipukuri village, on the outskirts of Siliguri on November 4, 2015. Firecrackers are used during celebrations for Diwali, the Festival of Lights which falls on November 11 this year, marking the victory of good over evil and commemorating Hindu god Lord Rama's victory over Ravana. (Photo by Diptendu Dutta/AFP Photo)





A mahout rides on an elephant in the city of Amritsar, India, 08 November 2015. Such elephants are often accompanied by their caretakers who ask for alms from people in the streets. (Photo by Raminder Pal Singh/EPA)





An Indian Army soldier takes chest measurement of a prospective candidate during a recruitment rally at Sunjwan Military station on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Friday, October 30, 2015. Thousands of young men from border areas attended the ten day recruitment rally Friday by the Indian Army for the aspirants that ends on November 10. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





Candidates run during an Indian army recruitment rally at Sunjwan Military station on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Friday, October 30, 2015. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





A passenger climbs on a seat and luggage racks on the Kalka Mail train awhile traveling from Fatehpur station to Allahabad Junction station near Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, on Tuesday, September 29, 2015. The 162-year-old system is Asia's oldest. It is the nation's economic artery, employer of more than 1.3 million people, and the government's most intractable problem. Unclogging its 65,000 kilometers of track is vital to any effort to develop the economy. (Photo by Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)





A Kashmiri Muslim man carries fresh bread in a basket as he walks on a foot bridge as a woman rows a boat carrying fodder for the cattle on the Dal Lake on a cold and foggy morning in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, October 28, 2015. The Indian-controlled Kashmir region is experiencing cold conditions after the Himalayan mountains received snowfall in the past few days. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





An Indian boy throws domestic garbage into the already polluted Yamuna river in New Delhi on October 23, 2015. Considered one of the holiest rivers in India, the Yamuna River has been dying a slow death from pollution for decades despite the investment of millions of dollars to preserve its ecosystem. According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) which monitors the water quality of the Yamuna in Delhi, seventy percent of the pollution in the river is from untreated sewage while the remaining thirty percent is from industrial sources, agricultural run-off and domestic garbage. (Photo by Prakash Singh/AFP Photo)





An operator hangs from the frame of his Ferris wheel as he inspects it before letting customers take a ride at a fair on the outskirts of Bengaluru, India, November 5, 2015. (Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa/Reuters)