Joyous festival in state of Gujarat turns gory for birds with sharp strings often cutting them down.
![Despite the dangers, India’s kite festival in the state of Gujarat has grown into an $81m industry [Kamala Kelkar]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2014116114529675734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Joyous festival in state of Gujarat turns gory for birds with sharp strings often cutting them down.
![Despite the dangers, India’s kite festival in the state of Gujarat has grown into an $81m industry [Kamala Kelkar]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2014116114529675734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Two states plan to put marauding primates on the pill in an effort to curb human-monkey conflict.
![While not violent, monkeys eat crops, ransack homes and harass humans in the quest for food [File: Getty Images]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/201311269329664580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Legal collection centres end up selling e-waste to same scrap dealers who were not meant to get it in the first place.
![The government is clamping down on workers who resell wasted material from electronics [Kamala Kelkar/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013111210347661734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)