They are brick…. wallahs!
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Recycling
Meet a father-son recycling team in working Hauz Khas village salvaging brick and stone and rock from a building renovation. India is fantastically diligent about reusing anything of value. Well, at least we’re better than the West.
See more below. Continue reading this entry » » »
Tags: delhi, economy, hauz khas, india, labor, photography, recycling, wallah
Squat for a shave
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Old Delhi street grooming
Across India, barbers eschew the classic shop for something a little more open air. In this case, on the teeming bazaar road of Chandni Chowk in Old Delhi, you can get a close and proper shave for pennies on the dollar while sitting on the sidewalk.
Huzzah to the shaving wallah. Continue reading this entry » » »
Tags: barber, economy, india, old delhi, photography, shaving, wallah
Not exactly a fish-fry… but just as tasty
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Roadside fry-up
Meet the Old Delhi pakorda wallah. On a roadside burner, he fries up batter-dipped vegetables for passers-by. Mmmm… I challenge you to not drool at the photo below. Continue reading this entry » » »
Tags: delhi, food, india, old delhi, pakorda, photography, wallah
Paan, on the go
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Mobile paan unit
From Old Delhi. A paanwallah’s carry-kit. Readers of this blog know of my flirtation (obsession?) with paan. While I don’t actually chew it all that much, every now and then I jones hard.
Tags: delhi, india, old delhi, paan, photography, wallah
Mirchi wallah!
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Nap time for the overworked and underpaid
Meet the day laborer of Old Delhi. That’s a lot of packed hot pepper. See below. Continue reading this entry » » »
Tags: delhi, india, laal mirch, labor, old delhi, photography, wallah
That’s no dried fruit
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Almonds
It took me a good long while to figure out that dry fruits, in the Indian context, are not dried fruits. From a dry fruit wallah in the spice market of Old Delhi.
Tags: bazaar, delhi, dry fruit, food, india, market, nut, old delhi, photography, spice market, wallah
My regular paanwallah
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My paanwallah
Fondly referred to as the disco paanwallah in Green Park market.
Tags: delhi, india, market, paan, photography, wallah
Fruit, glorious fruit!
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Guava
Mostly just testing the color capacity of my new point-and-shoot. Fresh guavas near the start of winter.
Tags: delhi, food, fruit, india, phal, photography, wallah
Without people: Where is a good cycle-wallah when you need one?
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Noida street
India’s population is set to pass 1.6 billion people by 2050; this is quite possibly the largest obstacle facing the country in the coming decades.
(In truth, population growth the world over will be one of the biggest trials our species faces.)
Anyone who has visited India knows: There are, quite simply, people everywhere, and it has profound effects on culture, social services and life for everyone.
With that in mind, I’ll be posting shots where people are conspicuously absent. Today and tomorrow’s posts will kick this off; I hope to continue it regularly in the months ahead. I’ll use a special tag: “without people.”
Tags: cycle, delhi, india, noida, photography, population, rickshaw, sustainable, wallah, without people
Sabji hei!
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A little young for this job
A sabji (vegetable) wallah from Jodhpur’s old city. Much of the fresh produce in India is still sold from open-air stalls and carts. Shiny, air-conditioned supermarkets are still a relatively new phenomenon and usually only found in big cities.
Tags: agriculture, economy, food, india, jodhpur, market, photography, rajasthan, sabji, vegetable, wallah
