Working the street

Alf

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Today I spent a few hour cleaning the Rajasthan folder, remaining with about 1200 pics to be re-examined and eventually purged (past statistics show I'd get about 700 when I'm done). Here a few people on the street for you to enjoy:

Chandni Chowk, Delhi. Clustered around the Jamaa Masjid are hundreds of little alleys, temples, shops, homes. It's the place to be when in Delhi to feel what's going on. People are packed tight, and uniformly kind.
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Chandni Chowk di alfrjw, su Flickr

In the Sikh Temple volounteers prepare food to give out to the people in need, while 35°C outside make it serious work.
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Chandni Chowk di alfrjw, su Flickr

And everybody seems to be business-ready, anytime:
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Chandni Chowk di alfrjw, su Flickr

For the people waiting to enter the mosque, we are the show
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Chandni Chowk di alfrjw, su Flickr


Then, step forward a few days in Jaipur, time to market
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EPL17285.jpg di alfrjw, su Flickr

And back, out of the Palace of the Winds
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EPL17295.jpg di alfrjw, su Flickr

On the road out of town they prepare for the festival
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Road to Ajmer di alfrjw, su Flickr

When we reach Ajmer, kids head home from school, and we head to the sanctuary.
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Ajmer di alfrjw, su Flickr

Evening later, in Udaipur, preparing
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Udaipur di alfrjw, su Flickr

and celebrating, for it's The Day
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Udaipur di alfrjw, su Flickr

Going to Kumbhalgarh, we stop on the road and meet ladies waiting for the bus
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Kumbhalgarh di alfrjw, su Flickr

Here's why we often get them to smile
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Kumbhalgarh di alfrjw, su Flickr

Then in Ghanerao, walking around, constantly drinking streams of chai and soft drinks, and meeting people
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Ghanerao di alfrjw, su Flickr

This town is moving fast, and they are proud of their young ones.
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Ghanerao di alfrjw, su Flickr
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Ghanerao di alfrjw, su Flickr

In Jodhpur we come back from the fort, and stop for business
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Jodhpur di alfrjw, su Flickr

Some are more proactive in selling, some less
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Jodhpur di alfrjw, su Flickr

And in the end in Mandawa, I think that guy has never seen someone having breakfast!
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Mandawa di alfrjw, su Flickr
 
Time well invested Alf and certainly worth the wait. A great journal entry my friend. Look forward to the whole photo book once you've posted it on Blurb or the like.
 
Wonderful pictures Alf. I've so enjoyed viewing this country through your colourful photos. I especially like the one with the dancing ladies and the one of your beloved and the girls beaming into the camera :) Thanks Alf!
 
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