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'Benz on water'
- Father and son going on their routine ride to the markets
in the backwaters of Alleppey. The popular mode of transport
here being the 'vallom' ( small boats )
Elephant
and Kerala are indivisibly related. Kerala must be the only
place where a statue has been erected in the memory of an
elephant. Seen here are two proud mahouts with their ward.
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Poor but
prosperous - A skillful basket maker busy earning his daily
bread; a welcome change from the excuse of unemployment.
'Where there is
a will there is a way' - Seen here, a teacher teaching his
students to read and write in the traditional way. A good
reason why Kerala is a highly literate state.
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One of the
oldest occupations known to mankind - A tribal farmer.
"I will sail my
vessel till the river runs dry..." A 'vallom' and her
master seen cruising along the backwaters of Kasargod. ð
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A vent to your
creativity - Lot of people take up pottery as a hobby, but
for this guy its his livelihood and he sure makes some
excellent pots.
Local fisherman
winding up work after a long hard day at the sea
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Some like it
hot...Sacks of pepper stacked in a warehouse in the 'Spice
Markets' of Mattancherry.
Traditional 'rice boats' (used to transport commodities) now
modified into commercial 'houseboats'
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Life in the city
- The city is quite developed but there is a dearth of pubs
and discos. Youngsters often prefer to hang out like this.
"I am carrying
wood, you got a problem with that?", - "No Sir, says
phototgrapher Joshi!
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'...And miles to
row before we sleep.' When basic necessities are a river's
breadth away.
Learning to
climb....a useful skill in the land of towering coconut and
palm trees!
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The 'local
Parliament' - the tea shop where there's always hot tea and
hot news!
We drink...do we
think??
The labour
behind the slurp...women workers pluck fresh tea leaves on a
plantation.
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Office time...an
impatient crowd pushes its way into the hazardous government
buses!
A goldsmith
at work - a touch of tradition, a touch of artistic skill
and a chunk of metal is transformed into a thing of beauty!
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On - shore
fishermen raise their Chinese fishing nets along the Kochi
coastline.
Gone are the
days of the quiet barge boats and rice boats...enter the era
of the trucks and pollution !
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