Istriwala or Istrivala

Whether you want to call him your next door istrivala (istriwala) or a manual laundromat, these are a typical sight in every corner of India. These guys have a home delivery service, picking up and dropping off your clothes but their expertise is questionable and there are no guarantees that your clothes will return in the shape you gave them. Ironing clothes for ₹ 3/- to ₹ 5/- each. Some have irons operating on coal like the one in the pictures and others could do the work in tiny hovels with electricity. There is also the issue of hygiene. At times the clothes can return with bed bugs or other insects and also stains which never come off.

However more often than not your clothes return just fine, specially if you have a reliable istrivala. So choose well!

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Women's earrings

She is a poor tribal woman but she wears her jewellery proudly. A vendor in Mahabaleshwar. Gold is the preferred metal in India. And everyone owns gold, the poor as well as the rich.

Another lady with her gold earrings and black and white gold mangalsutra.

The same woman vendor selling snacks and drinks on a hot day in Mahabaleshwar.

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Donkeys carrying bricks

Workers carrying large bricks to a construction site. They are using donkeys to carry the loads.

A young donkey who can barely stand with the bricks tied to his back. His legs were trembling.

Donkeys standing with bricks tied to their backs. In the background the pile of heavy bricks and the workers tying some bricks on to a donkey.

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Strawberry fields in Mahabaleshwar

Strawberry fields of a small farm in Mahabaleshwar

Women workers plucking ripe strawberries

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Venna Lake in Mahabaleshwar

Sunset at Venna Lake in Mahabaleshwar which is a popular hill station in Maharashtra. Tourists milling around the lake for boating, one of the activities available here.

People relaxing around Venna lake in Mahabaleshwar.

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Scenes from the Matheran Mountains or Ghat
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Police checks on vehicles for unaccounted for cash

It's something new: vehicle checks by the city police and the Election Commission's flying squad to search for unaccounted or benami cash being transported to voters for the 2014 General Elections in India. Apparently these drives have been successful. Interestingly a videographer accompanies the police! Usually stacks of cash is distributed in the slums before the elections and it's very good that the police are doing something about it. Last election it was five hundred rupee notes which were distributed and this election I have heard that it is one thousand rupee notes. Shame on our politicians.

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Welder and welding

Photographs of a welder at work in India.

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Goatherd in India

A Goatherd with his goats in a rural part of India

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