shared air

from TIME Lightbox:

January 10, 2012. An Indian worker covers an elephant statue at Ambedkar Park in Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India. Workmen using truckloads of cloth raced to comply with election officials who ordered the statues of Chief Minister of Utter Pradesh state Mayawati, who is a hero to India’s lowest castes, along with nearly 200 statues of elephants, her party’s symbol, be covered.

Girls walk on a promenade along the Arabian Sea as it rains in Mumbai. via Associated Press

everybody needs a break sometimes. even India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart, Yusuf Raza Gilani (via CSMonitor).

from WSJ: “Pink Saris: Flouting Taboos to Defend Women”

*the WSJ Asia section is low-key amazeballs.