UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi meets women who came to greet her at her 10, Janpath residence in New Delhi on Tuesday, International Women’s Day. PHOTO: Sondeep Shankar

Congress MPs Rahul Gandhi and Dipender Hooda at Parliament House on the first day of the Budget Session in New Delhi on Monday. PHOTOS: Sondeep Shankar

Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party leader Motilal Vora arrive at a flag-hoisting ceremony to mark the party’s 125th foundation day at the AICC headquarters in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Chinese artistes perform during the closing ceremony of Festival of China 2010, organised on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Sino-India diplomatic relations, in New Delhi

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pays tribute to the martyrs of the 2001 attack on Parliament on its ninth anniversary in New Delhi on Monday. PHOTO: Sondeep Shankar

UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi pays tribute to the martyrs of 2001 Parliament attacks on its ninth anniversary in New Delhi on Monday as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar and

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Monday. PHOTO: Sondeep Shankar

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is greeted by former telecom minister A. Raja during a function to mark the birth anniversary of the late Murasoli Maran at Parliament House in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Customers buy decorations from Sadar Bazar in Delhi on Wednesday on the occasion of Dhanteras. PHOTO: Sondeep Shankar

Victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots protest demanding justice in New Delhi on Monday. PHOTO: Sondeep Shankar