India, 2003
Photograph by William Albert Allard
Festive lights bring a bit of sparkle to a slum in an Indian city.
Although India’s constitution forbids caste discrimination, Hinduism’s rigid social codes continue to govern daily life for 80 percent of the population. One out of six Indians is born to the achuta, or Untouchable caste, which governs where they live, what work they perform, and with whom they may socialize.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Untouchable, " June 2003, National Geographic magazine) . Mais em link
Photograph by William Albert Allard
Festive lights bring a bit of sparkle to a slum in an Indian city.
Although India’s constitution forbids caste discrimination, Hinduism’s rigid social codes continue to govern daily life for 80 percent of the population. One out of six Indians is born to the achuta, or Untouchable caste, which governs where they live, what work they perform, and with whom they may socialize.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Untouchable, " June 2003, National Geographic magazine) . Mais em link
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Trailing fire, Space Shuttle Atlantis roars toward the sky on mission STS-117. Below it can be seen the lighting mast atop the fixed service structure. Photo courtesy of Reuters.
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