Diana Australis' photos with the Kolkata

Hooking is a crime

Hooking is a crime
India. Central Kolkata.
Hooking = making an illegal connection to the electricity supply... or electricity theft.....a common occurrence in India....
NOT hooking as in "prostitution" in English speaking western countries!
Added on January  4, 2013

Goatherd and his flock

Goatherd and his flock
India. Central Kolkata...a city of 18 million people.
Added on January  4, 2013

Laundrymen. Central Kolkata.

Laundrymen. Central Kolkata.
Early winter morning, central Calcutta (Kolkata). Laundrymen come to the street water pump to ply their trade. Jobs/metiers.
Added on December 31, 2011

Transport queue

Transport queue
Kolkata. India.
Added on December 30, 2011

Street Vendor

Street Vendor
Kolkata. India
Added on December 22, 2011

Rickshaw puller. Kolkata.

Rickshaw puller. Kolkata.
Jobs/metiers. Chowringhee, Kolkata. West Bengal. Known as "human horses" these poor men live short lives, exhausted by their work. They have to rent the rickshaws at high prices from unscrupulous owners. They are paid almost nothing.
Added on December  2, 2011

Garland sellers

Garland sellers
Kolkata(Calcutta) flower market. India. Jobs/metiers
Flowers are threaded onto strings and sold by the meter or by the kilo as garlands.
Added on September 18, 2011

Three homes

Three homes
India. Kolkata(Calcutta) on the Hooghly River
Added on September 11, 2011

Selling flowers

Selling flowers
Kolkata, India. Jobs/metiers
Added on September 11, 2011

Calcutta: feeding of the poor (nourrir les pauvres)

Calcutta: feeding of the poor (nourrir les pauvres)
India: Sudder Street Kolkata (Calcutta).
Added on September  1, 2011