Chanachur from Bengal or Bombay mix or simply a mixture

Street food differs from region to region and country to country, but there is some similarity in the different snacky mixtures available on the streets of India. It is a various of puffed rice, chola (cooked beans of different types depending on the region), maybe boondi, finely chopped tomatoes, onion, coriander and most important - spices! Most of the snacks are sweet and sour and a bit hot to taste.

This vendor selling the mixture is from Bengal.

This street snack from Gujarat comprises of various spices and condiments and also a chivda or papdi mixture.

The tomato sauce, green chillies and onion can add a lot of taste to the chivda flakes which are probably made of gram flour or besan.

Here on a Puducherry beach there is some mixture which is mixed with grated raw mango and peanuts to make a tasty snack. And of course red chilly powder and other spices are used to make it tasty.

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Cambodian Sculptors

Here are photographs of artisans from Cambodia. These type of sculptures carved from stone or wood are popular with tourists. These are all closeup photographs of the skilled workers making small figurines and statues in Siam Reap, in Cambodia.

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Bali artisans

Wooden artefacts are popular with tourists in Bali, Indonesia. Here are some photos of the local Bali artisans working on the wooden sculptures.

A closer look at the wooden sculpture being made.

Polishing and adding the finishing touches to small wooden figurines. Women artisans from Bali.

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Pictures of Indian Weavers from Aurangabad.

Pani Puri or Gol Gappa or phuchka vendors

It is known as Pani Puri in Western India, Phuchka in Eastern India and Gol Gappa in the North. And it's one of the most popular snacks. Small round deep fried puris stuffed with a mixture of mashed vegetables and chick peas, it is dipped in flavoured watery syrup which tastes sweet and sour and then popped whole into the mouth!

It is available in every corner of India, although it not so much in Southern India. Here is a man at a popular tourist spot with his ready-made puris, waiting for customers.

Here is a customer, a little girl who has just finished a plate of pani puris! Her mother is scrambling for some change in her purse. The yellow container has the flavoured water.

A Gol Gappa vendor on the beach. Hygeine is usually an issue because water is used and that is why more and more Indians prefer to make it at home. Fancy places use bottled water.

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People from Kerala

These are photographs of ordinary and poor people from the state of Kerala. 

Two women, one young and one old, trudging through the jungle. 

Two workers fixing a shamiana or canopy for a function in a hotel.

An old man in a short lungi walking on a road in the jungle

Two Ayappa devotees taking photographs from a cell phone. 

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Inside the Bombay High Court

These are images from inside the High Court of Bombay. Courtrooms are spacious, air-conditioned and seats are comfortable. The rooms have high ceilings as this is a heritage building built in the British era.
The name of the city of Bombay may have changed to Mumbai, but the High Court is still called the Bombay High Court.

In this first image you can see some lawyers sitting on the chairs. The judge is studying some papers on his desk. Courtroom clerks can be seen in the picture.

Courtrooms in the High Court of Bombay now have large screens which detail which case is being heart by which judge and in which court room. A godsend to the lawyers who have several cases being heard in different court rooms.

A corridor outside the court rooms.

A lawyer walking the corridors of the Bombay High Court.

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LPG Gas Cylinder Delivery

These are pictures of employees of a gas agency delivering LPG gas cylinders to individual homes.

Two employees with gas cylinders on cycles in Pune.

Gas cylinders stacked on a van in Gujarat.

A tempo stacked with LPG gas cylinders.

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Windshield Wiper boys

These are windshield wiper men or boys, or call them car window washers or squeegee men. They have surfaced in the last few years at petrol pumps or gas stations in India. It is a free service. They don't charge you but if you tip them they won't refuse. This free service is being provided at some petrol pumps. Luckily they don't bother you at traffic signals like in some other countries. I guess in India it won't work - people will get their windshield cleaned but refuse to pay!

A car windshield lathered with soapy water. A man wiping the car windshield clean.

Here is his face which is visible now. A long handled sponge or squeegee is what he uses.

Here is a photograph of another windshield wiper man or car window washer.

A man washing the windscreen of the cars at petrol pumps. An employee of the petrol pump or gas station.

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Healthy snacks

These pictures are from a popular tourist spot - Mahabaleshwar. Tourists throng here to see the sights at the hill station and they also get treated to a lot of snacky food - but snacks like bowls of fresh fruits and vegetables and fresh juice and buttermilk! Not processed food. No sugar laden chemical laden soft drinks and no sandwiches or burgers. Lots of berries, fruits, corn cobs, carrots and lemon juice and butter milk!

These are not markets...but snack joints. Lets hope they stay this way.

A woman vendor in a pink sari boiling corn to serve as a snack to tourists.

Lot of berries - black berries, mulberries and strawberries. A man selling lemon juice in the background.

This woman is making fresh buttlermilk to be served up in glasses to drink on a hot day. A healthy and refreshing drink

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Check out all the photos filed under the label Food or all photographs of vendors or if you are looking for fruit and vegetables being sold try photos of Markets.

Istriwala or Istrivala

Whether you want to call him your next door istrivala (istriwala) or a manual laundromat, these are a typical sight in every corner of India. These guys have a home delivery service, picking up and dropping off your clothes but their expertise is questionable and there are no guarantees that your clothes will return in the shape you gave them. Ironing clothes for ₹ 3/- to ₹ 5/- each. Some have irons operating on coal like the one in the pictures and others could do the work in tiny hovels with electricity. There is also the issue of hygiene. At times the clothes can return with bed bugs or other insects and also stains which never come off.

However more often than not your clothes return just fine, specially if you have a reliable istrivala. So choose well!

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Welder and welding

Photographs of a welder at work in India.

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Goatherd in India

A Goatherd with his goats in a rural part of India

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Hand Pulled Rickshaw Drivers Portraits

Business is not always good in Matheran, especially during the off season. Here are photographs of rickshaw drivers waiting for fares. Motorized vehicles are not allowed in the hill station of Matheran in Maharashtra, India. These men pull these rickshaws with their bare hands.
These are hand-pulled rickshaws found in various parts of the country even now.

Bored but alert.

Staring thoughtfully at the camera.

Wondering why his picture was being taken.

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Spice vendors in an Indian marketplace

Here is a vendor selling spices in an open outdoor market. Every spice from turmeric and red chilly powder to cinnamon and cloves and coriander seeds.

Another spice vendor sitting with sacks of spices like dried red chillies, coriander seeds, turmeric powder and red chilly powder. A manual weighing scale in the background.

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Koh Samui vendors outside tourist spots

Vendors and food stalls on the island of Koh Samui, Thailand.

A woman selling short eats and snacks outside a tourist spot on the island of Koh Samui in Thailand. Eating food from vendors is inexpensive. You get a wide variety from the different vendors.

A young woman vendor selling food in sealed packets on the island of  Koh Samui, Thailand.

A young man selling a wide variety of snacks like banana pancakes and different type of sandwiches on the island of Koh Samui in Thailand. He has a gas cylinder attached to his mobile cart. He cooks here.

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Pesticide Spraying

Pesticide spraying if properly regulated and judiciously used helps crops improve their yield. Pesticides are designed to kill insects, fungus, bacteria and other pests which prey on crops. Unfortunately, the chemical pesticides are toxic chemicals which can affect human health, more so if improperly administered.

Pesticides residue on farming produce is harmful to consumers. Pesticides are also carried in the air, and they mix with water and the soil, which in turn affects livestock and drinking water supplies. It also affects those who actually carry out the work of spraying.

Look at this man, he is not wearing any protective gear while spraying pesticide on the crops. It is likely that he is unaware of the dangers.The toxic chemicals can enter the human body through the skin, eyes, mouth and nose.

The danger from pesticide use is widespread, specially in countries like India where there is greater illiteracy. Farmers often cannot understand the instructions given on the label.

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Plucking coconuts

They climb trees faster than you can blink and bring down a volley of coconuts, with nothing but a sickle in their hands and some rope tied to their feet.

Here is a man smiling at the bottom of the coconut tree. Some of the coconuts with their thick green covering are lying on the ground. He has already plucked them from other trees. Quite a good catch!

The man is almost there, heading straight towards the bunch of coconuts.

Here is the man in the thick of the coconut tree's branches and cutting the coconuts from the tree.

The wiry and muscled man is sprinting down the tree as easily as we would walk. He is using a rope which binds his legs together and gives him support as he slides down smoothly.

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