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| A boy holds an Indian national flag as he sits next to veteran social activist Anna Hazare at the Mahatma Gandhi memorial at Rajghat in New Delhi on August 15, 2011. Hazare renews a fast to the death in New Delhi to force tougher laws against corruption, defying a police ban to challenge an embattled prime minister who is grappling with scandals and a slowing economy. (Reuters/Adnan Abidi) |
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| Social activist Anna Hazare sits for meditation at Rajghat in Delhi. (BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay) |
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| Social activist Anna Hazare at Rajghat in New Delhi on August 15, 2011. (PTI/Atul Yadav) |
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| Supporters of Indian social activist Anna Hazare argue with Indian police officer after his arrest in New Delhi on August 16, 2011. Indian police have detained veteran anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare as he prepared to push ahead with a banned hunger strike in New Delhi, witnesses said. The police action came in front of hundreds of Hazare supporters who had gathered to back his 'fast unto death' aimed at pressuring the government into strengthening a new anti-corruption law. (AFP/Sajjad Hussain) |
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| Mediapersons were waiting at the Constitution Club while Anna Hazare was at Rajghat, Later, this poster was removed from the place. (BCCL/Yogesh Kumar) |
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| Social activist Anna Hazare at Rajghat in New Delhi on August 15, 2011. (PTI/Atul Yadav) |
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| Indian supporters of 73-year old anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare place flower garlands on a Mahatma Gandhi bust during a protest rally at Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad on August 15, 2011. A veteran Indian anti-corruption campaigner headed for a showdown with police when he vowed to court arrest after being banned from beginning a hunger strike in the capital New Delhi. (AFP/Sam Panthaky) |
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| Supporters of Indian social activist Anna Hazare shout slogans after his arrest in New Delhi on August 16, 2011. (AFP/Sajjad Hussain) |
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| Indian rights activist Anna Hazare waves to supporters from the back of a police van after he was detained prior to beginning a hunger strike in New Delhi, India, on August 16, 2011. The prominent activist, who had announced an indefinite hunger strike to demand tougher anti-corruption laws, was detained early Tuesday morning, police said. (AP/Manish Swarup) |
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| Indian rights activist Anna Hazare gestures to supporters from the back of a police van after he was detained prior to beginning a hunger strike in New Delhi, India, on August 16, 2011. (AP/Manish Swarup) |
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| Social activist Anna Hazare after meditation at Rajghat in Delhi. (BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay) |
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| Social activist Anna Hazare sits for meditation at Rajghat in Delhi. (BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay) |
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| Social activist Anna Hazare at Rajghat in New Delhi. (PTI/Atul Yadav) |
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| Painter Aejaz Saiyed gives final touches to a huge painting of Anna Hazare top support him in his fight against corruption in Gandhinagar on August 15, 2011. (PTI) |
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| Social activist Anna Hazare at Rajghat on August 15, 2011. (PTI/Atul Yadav) |
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| Indian police personnel cordon off supporters of Indian social activist Anna Hazare after his arrest in New Delhi on August 16, 2011. (AFP/Prakash Singh) |
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| Anna Hazare drinks water while addressing the media at Constitution Club in New Delhi on August 15, 2011. (BCCL/Yogesh Kumar) |
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| People come together to show their support for social activist Anna Hazare by organizing a candle march in Mumbai on August 15, 2011. (BCCL) |
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| Veteran Indian social activist Anna Hazare (C), surrounded by his supporters, prays next to an Indian national flag at the Mahatma Gandhi memorial at Rajghat in New Delhi on August 15, 2011. Hazare renews a fast to the death in New Delhi on Tuesday to force tougher laws against corruption, to the dismay of the embattled prime minister and his ruling party as they grapple with scandals and a slowing economy. (Reuters/Adnan Abidi) |
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| Supporters of veteran social activist Anna Hazare (C) crowd around him after he offered prayers at the Mahatma Gandhi memorial at Rajghat in New Delhi on August 15, 2011. (Reuters/Adnan Abidi) |
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| Supporters of Indian social activist Anna Hazare shout slogans after his arrest in New Delhi on August 16, 2011. (AFP/Prakash Singh) |
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| Veteran Indian social activist Anna Hazare gestures from a car after being detained by police in New Delhi on August 16, 2011. Hazare was arrested by police on Tuesday to prevent him from launching a fast to the death to force the government to pass tougher anti-corruption laws. A police spokesman said he and four other people had been placed under 'preventative arrest', but have not yet been charged with any crime. (Reuters/Adnan Abidi) |
