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  • A betel nut vendor takes a drink of water between customers in Varanasi, India. Betel nut is a mildly narcotic seed eaten with lime paste and a green leaf. Over time it decays the teeth and dyes the mouth of the user red. Although its not considered a food, it is a plant item chewed by many all over Asia, and kept in the mouth like chewing tobacco. (From a photographic gallery of street images, in Hungry Planet: What the World Eats, p. 131).
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  • Evening entertainment with a transvestite at the Tilwara Camel and livestock Fair, Rajasthan, India.
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  • Poor people living on the sidewalk near Nariman Point; Bombay, India.
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  • Poor people living on the sidewalk near Nariman Point; Bombay, India.
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  • Haircut and other commerce in a public square in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
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  • Slum with squatter's shelters near Nariman Point; high rise apartments in the background.  Bombay, India.
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  • Woodcarvers, Mysore, South India.
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  • Statue of a warrior with a raised sword in one hand and a cobra in the other; and a bus, Mysore, South India.
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  • Washing clothes at the dhobi ghats, Bombay, India. The dhobi is a traditional laundryman, who collects your dirty linen, washes it, and returns it neatly pressed to your doorstep. The "laundries" are called "ghats": row upon row of concrete washtubs.
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  • Washing clothes at the Dhobi ghats, Bombay, India. The dhobi is a traditional laundryman, who collects your dirty linen, washes it, and returns it neatly pressed to your doorstep. The "laundries" are called "ghats": row upon row of concrete washtubs..
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  • Washing clothes at the Dhobi ghats, Bombay, India. The dhobi is a traditional laundryman, who collects your dirty linen, washes it, and returns it neatly pressed to your doorstep. The "laundries" are called "ghats": row upon row of concrete washtubs..
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  • Women digging trenches and carrying dirt in baskets on their heads in Delhi, India;.
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  • Vasana Village co-op milk collection and testing.  National dairy development board, in Gujarat, India.
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  • A local priest at a temple in Belur, South India.
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  • J.R.D. Tata, one-time head of the Tata family empire, at his Taj Mahal Hotel in Bombay, India.  Died November, 1993. (Model Released).
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  • Snake charmer in front of the Taj Mahal Hotel, Bombay, India.
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  • Carvings on the temple wall at Halebid, South India. The ancient capital of the Hoysalas, Halebid was then known as Dwarasamudram. The city of Dwarasamudra flourished as a Capital of the Hoysala Empire during the 12th & 13th centuries..
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  • The Palace of Mysore, South India. It was the official royal residence at one time.
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  • Jama Masjid Mosque, the largest in India,  at dusk with full moon. New Delhi, India.
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  • At the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, (A.I.I.M.S.) New Delhi, India.  Male contraceptive nasal spray tested on monkeys.
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  • At the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, (A.I.I.M.S.) New Delhi, India.  Male contraceptive nasal spray tested on monkeys.
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  • Hindu Rat Temple in Deshnoke, Rajasthan, India. This ornate Hindu temple was constructed by Maharaja Ganga Singh in the early 1900s as a tribute to the rat goddess, Karni Mata.
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  • IND_022_xs.Pre-dawn worshipers at the Hindu Rat Temple in Deshnoke, Rajasthan, India. This ornate Hindu temple was constructed by Maharaja Ganga Singh in the early 1900s as a tribute to the rat goddess, Karni Mata..
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  • Pre-dawn worshipers at the Hindu Rat Temple in Deshnoke, Rajasthan, India. This ornate Hindu temple was constructed by Maharaja Ganga Singh in the early 1900s as a tribute to the rat goddess, Karni Mata.
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  • Feeding the rats at the Hindu Rat Temple in Deshnoke, Rajasthan, India. This ornate Hindu temple was constructed by Maharaja Ganga Singh in the early 1900s as a tribute to the rat goddess, Karni Mata.
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