New Delhi: From India celebrating its 80th Independence Day, to JNU scholar Umar Khalid’s 6th birthday in incarceration, rehabilitation of former naxalites in Chhattisgarh, and the ‘Purple revolution’ in Kashmir—a week in pictures by ThePrint’s photojournalists and reporters.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge hoisting the tricolour at the party office on the occasion of India’s 80th Independence Day. Senior Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi & others were also present. | Suraj Singh Bisht/ThePrintDelhi CM Rekha Gupta, BJP National President Nitin Nabin, senior leaders & students participate in ‘Tiranga Yatra- Har Ghar Tiranga, Har Man Tiranga’ at Kartavya Path in New Delhi on 12 August, 2026. | Suraj Singh Bisht/ThePrintKanwariya devotees seen carrying holy water from Haridwar during the annual Kanwar Yatra. | Suraj Singh Bisht/ThePrintCongress leader Rahul Gandhi hugging Sandeep Dikshit during the Rachnatmak Congress National Convention in New Delhi on 13 August, 2026. | Suraj Singh Bisht/ThePrintUmar Khalid’s mother, Sabiha Khanum, at an event to discuss his book, ‘Fractured Communities: Adivasi Histories and the Politics of Power’. The event marked Khalid’s sixth birthday in prison. Also present, among others, was RJD MP Manoj Jha. | Suraj Singh Bisht/ThePrintSurrendered naxals at Dantewada Livelihood College, an initiative under the Chhattisgarh govt’s rehabilitation programme where dozens of surrendered Maoists are training to become electricians, plumbers, drivers, masons, welders & technicians. | Krishan Murari/ThePrintReyaz Ahmad of Haknar village in Kashmir’s Ganderbal. The ‘Purple Revolution’—a push to make lavender as closely associated with J&K as apples and saffron—has been gathering pace for a decade. | Nikitha Arathi Naveen/ThePrint
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