Houseboats moored at dawn after the overnight stay on the popular backwater cruise, Alappuzha (Alleppey), Kerala, India, Asia

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

Interior of The Imperial Hotel with its luxury colonial elegance, New Delhi, India

Tourists at The Imperial Hotel with its luxury colonial elegance, New Delhi, India

Iconic Ganesha Hindu elephant statue in The Imperial Hotel, New Delhi, India

Iconic elephant ornament at The Imperial Hotel with its luxury colonial elegance, New Delhi, India

Sikh taxi driver with classic Ambassador taxi at The Imperial Hotel, New Delhi, India

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

India jesus fraternity, a project which rehabilitates ex, convicts, run by clarentian syro, malabar catholic fathers in ernakulum, kerala. At shanti bhavan ashram, a halfway house where inmates stay while jobs, and in some cases wives and houses, are found for them.

Water bungalows, palms, and beach, Sun Island, Ari Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean