In Pics: India This Week

Workers sieve coloured powder to be used during the festival of Holi, at a factory in the outskirts of Jabalpur on Saturday, 16 March.

(Photo: PTI)

Beyond the headlines and behind the scenes, The Quint brings you a snapshot of India this week, from 16 to 22 March 2019.

People participate in Holika Dahan, on the eve of the Holi festival in Patna, on Wednesday, 20 March. 

Workers sieve coloured powder to be used during the festival of Holi, at a factory in the outskirts of Jabalpur on Saturday, 16 March.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed by BJP National President Amit Shah as he arrives for the BJP Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, at BJP headquarters in New Delhi, on Wednesday, 20 March.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi meets a kid before a meeting in Imphal, Manipur, on Tuesday, 19 March.

Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav with SP founder Mulayam Singh Yadav during Holi celebrations at their native place in Saifai, on Thursday, 21 March.

Members of National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) hold placards during a protest against the Pollachi sex scandal and other crimes against women, outside Tamil Nadu Bhawan in New Delhi on Saturday, 16 March.

People offer prayers in Ahmedabad as they condemn the New Zealand terror attack, on Saturday, 16 March.

Congress General Secretary (East UP) Priyanka Gandhi holds on to a pole on a boat as she arrives in Varanasi on Wednesday, 20 March. Gandhi was on a three-day boat journey meeting people living along River Ganga as a part of her election campaign for the upcoming general elections.

Children with cerebral palsy celebrate Holi organised by Trishala Foundation in Prayagraj, on Saturday, 16 March.

Workers pull out rolls of cloth to be made into BJP flags after its dyeing process at a flag-manufacturing factory ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in Ahmedabad, on Saturday, 16 March.

A woman walks outside a Muslim shrine as it rains in Srinagar on Wednesday, 20 March. Authorities imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar on Wednesday after the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) called for a shutdown to protest against the alleged custodial death of a youth.

An artist paints graffiti at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station platform as a part of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Campaign) in Mumbai on Monday, 18 March.

A boy points to an effigy made in the likeness of Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar to be lit as part of the festival of Holika Dahan in Mumbai, on Tuesday, 19 March. Holika Dahan is a festival celebrated just before Holi by burning an effigy of Holika, the devil.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays homage to late Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who passed away battling pancreatic ailment, in Panaji, on Monday, 18 March.