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Barber Shop Duo

Bharatpur is a dusty town in Rajasthan, whose claim to fame is its world famous bird sanctuary. The town itself is a jumbled mass of streets winding through crowded localities and even more crowded bazaars where new brick buildings jostle with old havelis. Sipping tea at a roadside tea stall, I looked across the street and saw this odd couple indulging in the favorite pastime of the male gentry... sitting at the crossroads and watching life go by...

Airport Painter

Amidst the cacophony of conveyor belts and the disembodied announcements of arriving flights, I spied this painter at Calcutta airport, oblivious of his surroundings and focused on his mission in life...warning mothers to keep their errant children away from the belts...