Tag: Koyambedu

  • Stranger No. 77

    Stranger No. 77

    Arun works unloading truckloads of bananas at Koyambedu’s fruit market in Chennai.

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  • Stranger No. 76

    Stranger No. 76

    Das was riding by with a giant bicycle-cart loaded with these red bananas. I stopped him for a photo, but my wife’s photo was much better:

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  • Stranger No. 74

    Stranger No. 74

    Rajasel was stringing flowers for sale near the entrance of the flower market at Koyambedu. All the guys were asking for photos, and when I asked her she initially refused but eventually agreed to let me take her photo.  Check out the reflection in the mirror, bottom right!

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  • Stranger No. 73

    Stranger No. 73

    Rajendran seemed like the quiet type – he had a small cart outside the fruit market with half a dozen jackfruits on it, which he was painstakingly cutting into usable portions for sale. Apparently cutting these things into portions so that they can be eaten is quite a labor-intensive operation that takes some practice –…

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  • Stranger No. 72

    Stranger No. 72

    I’m not exactly sure which photo is better – they both have some flaws. The one has a greenish glow on the face which is caused by the reflection from the flowers seen in the second photo; and the flowers in both photos seem distracting. Anyway, this is Sovan Babu. He’s got one arm and…

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  • Stranger No. 70

    Stranger No. 70

    This is Muthukumar, whose moustache caught my attention.  He was at the flower market in Koyambedu, in Chennai.  After I snapped his photograph, his friends were joking that he was the “king of Koyambedu”.  It must have been some kind of inside joke, I’m not sure!

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  • Stranger No. 65

    Stranger No. 65

    Another vendor at the fruit and vegetable market at Koyambedu.  This is Nainar.  I chose the light/orientation, and he chose this particular pose.

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