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Photos: Yeh Hai India!

Uttam Ghosh's captivating Independence Day Special captures an India we rarely see.

Actors wait for the Ramlila performance in Kandhamal, Orissa.

Will hope arrive?

An old man listens to an election speech in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh.

The blue threshold

A tribal woman at her doorstep in Melghat, Maharashtra.

Come all ye faithful

An old church in Amravati, Maharashtra.

Cherry Blossom

A shoe shine for Rs 5 at Panvel railway station.

Back to school

Young boys make their way to the government run ashram in Melghat, Maharashtra.

To the waterfront

A boat exhibition in Mumbai.

Che is dead. Long live Che!

A village boy with a Che Guevara arm band in Tembhali, Maharashtra.

Shouldering the heir

A young enthusiast at the Congress party's plenary in New Delhi.

The bulb works!

A couple with their grandchild in their hut in Nandurbar, Maharashtra. They were given a temporary electricity connection before the prime minister's visit to the village.

Tribal fashion

Tribal women at an election rally in Kandhamal, Orissa.

The eye of the Tiger

A man sits by the Shiv Sena party symbol in Girgaum, Mumbai.

Yes, there's sport beyond cricket

Girls playing baseball in Raigad, Maharashtra.

Everyone's invited

A roadside salon in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh.

No Khan can match this cowboy!

A boy in a stylish hat below a kite featuring filmstar Salman Khan at a shop in Dharavi, Mumbai.