Everyday India in pictures: people

'One of many spontaneously friendly encounters on the road,' near Chennai. Photograph: Dijest / GuardianWitness

'Young men like to pose.' College age students in New Delhi. Photograph: nomisM / GuardianWitness

Female staff at Amber Fort, Jaipur. Photograph: Catriona Child / GuardianWitness

'A decade ago, less than one in ten Indians had a fixed line telephone. Today, India is reckoned to have more than one billion active mobile phones. Everywhere you look, people are snapping photos, texting or jabbering away to friends. Few places on earth offer such a display of the communications revolution in practice.' Photograph: OBalch / GuardianWitness

'An image showing two sides of India (at least urban India): young women on their way to perform a traditional Indian dance along side a modern young woman. The coexistence is rather peaceful in most places and in most people as well.' Photograph: Vani Vemparala / GuardianWitness

'A child runs past a railway quarter near the Sealdah railway station at Kolkata while smoke rises in his background through a canopy of hedges and trees.' Photograph: Dipjyoti Banik / GuardianWitness

'Snapped these chefs while dining at a favourite restaurant - one of the few places to get good pasta in the country.' Photograph: Jellydidit / GuardianWitness

A street scene in Kolkata. Photograph: Souvid Datta / GuardianWitness

Attendees at the India Art Fair, New Delhi. Photograph: Shiho Kito / GuardianWitness

A labourer in Kolkata. Photograph: DishaMitra / GuardianWitness

'Elderly people come up and sit during the evenings to get some fresh air and socialize with their neighbours. In India Neighbours are like family. You live close to each other for life most of the time and they support each other.' Photograph: Rohit Surya / GuardianWitness

'Local women in Bundi attending a wedding.' Photograph: Jane Roberts / GuardianWitness

'Clicked this sometime back in Jaipur. The colors of an Indian market place is where you get the real flavor of our country. The happiness of a simple shopkeeper reflects well in the backdrop. Let's keep these smiles intact. Let's vote and make India a better democracy!' Photograph: Pooja Roy / GuardianWitness

'A forest ranger strikes a pose during an interview.' - near Trichy, Namakkal Road. Photograph: Venkat Sandeep Bandla / GuardianWitness

A street scene in Kolkata. Photograph: Souvid Datta / GuardianWitness

'Cheap glasses are very important to so many elderly Indians.' Photograph: nomisM / GuardianWitness

Catching up on the day's news near Amristar. Photograph: AmarBachu / GuardianWitness