In Pics: India This Week

Beyond the headlines and behind the scenes, The Quint brings you a snapshot of India this week from 8-13 December.

Elderly women shout slogans during a protest rally against the Citizenship Act in Guwahati, India, on Friday, 13 December, 2019.

(Photo: AP)

Beyond the headlines and behind the scenes, The Quint brings you a snapshot of India this week from 8 December to 14 December 2019.

A tribal woman carries a child as she participates in a torch-light procession to protest the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in Guwahati, before it was passed by Rajya Sabha. 

Abhijit Banerjee of India (L) receives the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel from King Carl Gustaf of Sweden, during the Nobel Prize award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall, in Stockholm. 

A security personnel stands guard during snowfall in Srinagar. Heavy snowfall forced the closure of the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway and the suspension of air traffic to Kashmir. 

Pusarla V Sindhu hits a return shot against Chen Yu Fei of China during the women’s singles match at the World Tour Finals in Guangzhou in south China’s Guangdong province.

This handout photo provided by the Indian Space Research Organisation shows PSLV-C48 lifting off at the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, India.

A tattooed Naga man attends the Hornbill Festival at Kisama village in Nagaland.

Workers warm themselves by a bonfire on a cold winter’s day in Mohali.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray visits the birthplace of legendary Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, in Pune.

Members of National Students Union of India (NSUI), the student body of the Congress party shout anti-government slogans during a protest against the recent hostel fee hike, in Delhi. 

Kashmiri Muslim devotees offer prayers outside the shrine of Sufi saint Sheikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jeelani in Srinagar on 9 December. 

Activists shout slogans during a protest against rising cases of sexual violence and demand justice for victims and survivors of rape, in Mumbai.