Photo of the Week Captions

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Here are the captions for this week's featured photographs, located

on the group's splash page, just below the Sri Chakra:

 

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1. For Mother's Day, an unattributed " Women's Day " ad from India.

Many have interpreted it as a lighthearted visual pun, that even

Divine Mothers deserve a day off now and then. However, its original

purpose was to raise awareness of the problem of female foeticide and

the resultant lessening of female power in the world.

 

2. A montage: People hold placards to protest the arrest of an art

student during a demonstration in Mumbai, May 14, 2007. An Indian

arts student, jailed on charges that his paintings hurt Hindu and

Christian sentiments, was granted bail on Monday, while artists

protested against hardline Hindu groups they labelled as " moral

police. " REUTERS/Arko Datta (INDIA). For further explanation see:

 

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