An artisan embosses a design onto a brass sheet at a workshop in Hyderabad on August 12, 2026. (Photo by Noah SEELAM / AFP via Getty Images)

An artisan embosses a design onto a brass sculpture of the Nandi sacred bull of Lord Shiva at a workshop in Hyderabad on August 12, 2026. (Photo by Noah SEELAM / AFP via Getty Images)

A vendor selling hand-tools waits for customers at a market in Srinagar on August 12, 2026. (Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP via Getty Images)

A vendor sells colored chicks at a market in Srinagar on August 12, 2026. (Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP via Getty Images)

A vendor (L) sells pigeons as customers walk past at a market in Srinagar on August 12, 2026. (Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP via Getty Images)

A vendor sells chickens at a market in Srinagar on August 12, 2026. (Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP via Getty Images)

A vendor waits for customers at his footwear-stall in Srinagar on August 12, 2026. (Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP via Getty Images)

A vendor counts ten and twenty-rupee banknotes at a roadside stall in Bengaluru on August 11, 2026 following approval for field trials of polymer versions of the notes. (Photo by Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP via Getty Images)