Woman walking with snorkelling equipment to Rihiveli island, Maldives, Indian Ocean, Asia

Aerial view of Anse Victorin beach, Fregate Island, Seychelles, Indian Ocean, Africa

Silhouette Island, Seychelles, Indian Ocean, Africa

Yoga meditation, Full Moon Island, Male Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean, Asia

Flower necklace sellers in City Market, Bengaluru (Bangalore), Karnataka state, India, Asia

High quality tea leaves, the top two leaves and a bud are used for First Flush or Second Flush teas, Happy Valley Tea Estate, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, Asia

The Blue City of Jodhpur seen from the Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Rubber trees, Karnataka state, India, Asia

Gangtok city from Hotel Denzong Regency, Gangtok, Sikkim, India, Asia

Tea Plantations, Devikulam, near Munnar, India, Asia

Pamban Bridge, new vertical lift and old railway bridge connecting the town of Mandapam in mainland India with Rameshwaram on Pamban island, India, Asia

View over Colombo from the Lotus Tower, Colombo, Sri Lanka

City skyline of modern office and residential buildings, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Asia

City skyline of modern office and residential buildings, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Asia

View of Pavilion in lake, Udai Vilas Palace, Dungarpur, Rajasthan, India

Happy Valley Tea Estate, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, Asia

Tea plantations, Devikulam, near Munnar, India, Asia

Indian Hindu schoolchildren at state school at Kaparda village in Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian tiger motif handblock printing at Dastkar women's craft co-operative, Ranthambore Artisan Project, Rajasthan, India

Economic growth in India - new luxury international hotel, Hotel Kariya Ji, being constructed near Varanasi Airport, Benares, India

Indian family forming bricks made from mud clay at Khore Bricks Factory, Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian children at Rajyakaiya School in Narlai village, Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian woman die stamping textiles at Dastkar women's craft co-operative, the Ranthambore Artisan Project, in Rajasthan, India

Indian woman sewing textiles at Dastkar women's craft co-operative, the Ranthambore Artisan Project, in Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian woman die stamping textiles at Dastkar women's craft co-operative, the Ranthambore Artisan Project, in Rajasthan, India

Indian woman sewing textiles at Dastkar women's craft co-operative, the Ranthambore Artisan Project, in Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian schoolgirls in school uniform at Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan, Northern India

Essar House new high rise office development for Essar Group in Mahalaxmi area of Mumbai, India, sign of thriving Indian economy

Indian schoolgirls in school uniform at Bright Future English School in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan, Northern India

Essar House new high rise office development for Essar Group in Mahalaxmi area of Mumbai, India, sign of thriving Indian economy

Essar House office development for Essar Group by slums in Mahalaxmi area of Mumbai, India shows contrast of rich and poor

Indian woman handblock printing textiles with tiger motif at Dastkar women's craft co-operative, Ranthambore Artisan Project, Rajasthan, India

Essar House office development for Essar Group by slums in Mahalaxmi area of Mumbai, India shows contrast of rich and poor

Old traditional tenement housing in the shadow of new modern high rise apartment blocks at Mahalaxmi in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Indian family forming bricks made from mud clay at Khore Bricks Factory, Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian Hindu schoolchildren at state school at Kaparda village in Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian girl reading aloud during English lesson at Rajyakaiya School in Narlai village, Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian women sewing textiles at Dastkar women's craft co-operative, the Ranthambore Artisan Project, in Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian men chatting at Jawali village in Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian man displays sari fabric at silk factory at Bressler near Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

India's growing economy: construction site for new terminal and shopping complex at Chattrapati Shivaji International Airport Mumbai, India

Indian children learning English at Rajyakaiya School in Narlai village, Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian family making bricks made from mud clay at Khore Bricks Factory, Rajasthan, Northern India

Extensive new development in business district a sign of economic growth, by twin towers in Tardeo South Mumbai, India from Nariman Point

Indian women sewing textiles at Dastkar women's craft co-operative, the Ranthambore Artisan Project, in Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian children at Rajyakaiya School in Narlai village, Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian woman sewing textiles at Dastkar women's craft co-operative, the Ranthambore Artisan Project, in Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian woman sewing textiles at Dastkar women's craft co-operative, the Ranthambore Artisan Project, in Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian schoolboys and girls walking to school at Doeli in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian woman sewing textiles at Dastkar women's craft co-operative, the Ranthambore Artisan Project, in Rajasthan, Northern India

High rise development at Cuffe Parade, the business district in South Mumbai, India, where a thriving Indian economy is evident

Indian woman sewing textiles at Dastkar women's craft co-operative, the Ranthambore Artisan Project, in Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian Hindu schoolchildren at state school at Kaparda village in Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian man working loom at silk factory making textiles and saris at Bressler near Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Indian schoolgirls in school uniform at Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian family forming bricks made from mud clay at Khore Bricks Factory, Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian children learning English at Rajyakaiya School in Narlai village, Rajasthan, Northern India

Slum housing and slum dwellers next to apartment blocks in Bandra area of Mumbai, India from Bandra Worli Sealink Road

Indian patchwork quilt with tiger motif at Dastkar women's craft co-operative, the Ranthambore Artisan Project, Rajasthan, India

The Imperial Towers twin towers residential skyscrapers and business district development in Tardeo South Mumbai, India from Nariman Point

Tenement block in Mumbai, formerly Bombay, Maharashtra, India

Indian Hindu schoolchildren at state school at Kaparda village in Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian women sewing textiles at Dastkar women's craft co-operative, the Ranthambore Artisan Project, in Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian schoolboy attending school at Doeli in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan, Northern India

High rise development at Cuffe Parade in South Mumbai, India, where the thriving Indian economy is evident

India's growing economy: construction site for new terminal and shopping complex at Chattrapati Shivaji International Airport Mumbai, India

Indian schoolchildren attending school at Doeli in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan, Northern India

India's growing economy: construction site for new terminal and shopping complex at Chattrapati Shivaji International Airport Mumbai, India

New construction by the newly built ITC Grand Central Sheraton Hotel in Parel district of central Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Economic growth in India - new luxury international hotel, Hotel Kariya Ji, being constructed near Varanasi Airport, Benares, India

High rise developments by Mahalaxmi Station and the Western Railways train of the Mumbai Suburban Railway, India

Women constructing solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. The use of the cookers, vastly reduces the amount of fire wood women have to go out and collect from the forest.

Women welding joints during the construction of solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Solar cookers save women having to walk to the froest to cut down wood for cooking, thus saving the forests, and a daily chore for woman.

Women on a solar workshop, learning how to make solar lanters at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Many of the women are iliterate or semi literate. They are trained from countries all over the world, so that they can take their skills back and cascade the learning.

Women on a solar workshop, learning how to make solar lanters at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Many of the women are iliterate or semi literate. They are trained from countries all over the world, so that they can take their skills back and cascade the learning.

A disabled women making nappies at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people.

Women building solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people.

Disabled women swing garments at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people.

A disabled women sewing at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people.

Women welding joints during the construction of solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Solar cookers save women having to walk to the froest to cut down wood for cooking, thus saving the forests, and a daily chore for woman.

Women on a solar workshop, learning how to make solar lanters at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Many of the women are iliterate or semi literate. They are trained from countries all over the world, so that they can take their skills back and cascade the learning.

Women constructing solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. The use of the cookers, vastly reduces the amount of fire wood women have to go out and collect from the forest.

Women welding joints during the construction of solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Solar cookers save women having to walk to the froest to cut down wood for cooking, thus saving the forests, and a daily chore for woman.

Women constructing solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people.

Women constructing solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India, demonstrate how hot the device is, by holding a sheet of newspaper which instantly sets on fire in the 300 degree Celcius heat. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. The use of the cookers, vastly reduces the amount of fire wood women have to go out and collect from the forest.

Women constructing solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people.

Women on a solar workshop, learning how to make solar lanters at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Many of the women are iliterate or semi literate. They are trained from countries all over the world, so that they can take their skills back and cascade the learning.

A Barefoot Dentist, who is trained to perform basic dentistry at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people.

Women on a solar workshop, learning how to make solar lanters at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Many of the women are iliterate or semi literate. They are trained from countries all over the world, so that they can take their skills back and cascade the learning.

Women constructing solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. The use of the cookers, vastly reduces the amount of fire wood women have to go out and collect from the forest.

Women on a solar workshop, learning how to make solar lanters at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Many of the women are iliterate or semi literate. They are trained from countries all over the world, so that they can take their skills back and cascade the learning.

Women on a solar workshop, learning how to make solar lanters at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Many of the women are iliterate or semi literate. They are trained from countries all over the world, so that they can take their skills back and cascade the learning.

India. Rainwater harvesting project in villages of kozhikode district, thamarassery diocese centre for overall development (cod). Individual houses are equipped with rain gutters and a pipe which fills a 10,000 litre concrete tank. Funded by cnewa. Kerala. Home of thresiamma thomas (mother), thomas venkitakkal (father) and neethu thomas (18). 2007

Man admiring statue in ornate temple

Indo-German-Changar-Eco-Development-Project, Annu Methe showing her cow in Gadjara, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India

Indo-German-Changar-Eco-Development-Project, Sawjo is taking hay to her animals, Nahalna, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India

Indo-German-Changar-Eco-Development-Project, Ms Jalang with firewood and rice on the project area, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India

Family with cow, Matiyama, Himachal Pradesh, India

Indo-German-Changar-Eco-Development-Project, Gardiara at her house near Dhandol, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India

Rickshaw drivers in front of new residential high-rise buildings in Gurgaon, Haryana, India, Asia