Everyday India in pictures: the country

Men returning from a full day of hunting and farming in Kothigao, Goa. Photograph: Rajyashri Goody

Anyone for fish? Walking by a village in Kanataka, India. Photograph: shifa24

'An old man without an inch of fat on him walking steadily down a narrow path in his rice field. A picture of health, showing the benefits of continued physical activity in old age.' Photograph: Jammi N Rao

'A college girl part of an excursion waits to get down from the bus at Pushkar Camel Fair.' Photograph: Soumyendra Saha

Fishermen in Cochin. 'After bringing in the catch, these fishermen whipped the net to release the catch.' Photograph: fahyje

Jaggery (or Bella) is still manufactured in small scale workshops throughout the countryside all around the island of Srirangapatnam in South Karnataka. The purest form of sugar its still used in households, for manufacturing Indian sweets and in Chai. Photograph: sfindia

Women working in rice fields. Photograph: Gary White

Market day transportation in rural Andhra Pradesh. Photograph: ID1488570

Two women carrying hay on their heads, taken on a train journey in India in while travelling from Mangalore to Goa. Photograph: MysticalRose

'A couple of local fishermen heading out for their daily catch.' Photograph: Nishant Parekh

A rural scene near Gangtok, East Sikkim district, India. Photograph: Karan Khosla

'Life in the crowded lane is a rush.' Photograph: Sudhir MD

'These were the main weekly markets which were very popular in yesteryear. Now very few are active and only in rural Kerala.' Photograph: richardvolks

'The mobile phone is ubiquitous. Here at the Pushkar camel fair.' Photograph: nomisM

A rural scene in the city. 'Early every morning vegetable and flower sellers gather to offer their produce from narrow boats (shikara) on Dal Lake in Srinagar. Here a man accepts a wad of rupee notes for his last bunch of white radishes.' Photograph: DelhiGirl

'Woman washing clothes in a village pond in Thiruvarur district in Tamil Nadu.' Photograph: Seema Krishnakumar

'Young shepherd, Kashmir.' Photograph: Catriona Child

Women collecting wood in the hills around Thiruvananthapuram. Photograph: fahyje

'Men cooking food for community festival meal in rural Andhra Pradesh.' Photograph: ID1488570