Getting there
I usually start about 6:15 or 6:30. The streets are mostly quiet and as you see here, cleaning is there
Yet there is noise and a bit of chaos - as seen here. Pay particular attention to the presentation of chaos: folks driving against 1 way traffic, wires hanging and tangled - sort of symbolic of India's struggle build building a robust infrastructure.
Off to work. By lunchtime, traffic is gridlocked
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Two stalls captured my curiosity this time - these guys make masala dosa and poori - here, cleaning the grill
This man and his brother manage the tea stall and dosa / poori factory. He sells tickets for food - you exchange the ticket with one of the folks behind the virtual counter and you have your breakfast.
This is the brother - runs the tea stall and makes fantastic tea. Many know how I consider smart-phones as simply a computer with a voice app - and some question whether you see lots of smartphones in places like India. Clearly the answer is yes - as revealed in this photo. Smart phones (many used and yet quite functional) are everywhere.
The tea man
A view of the tea stall - I'm shooting over a pot of scalded milk. Masala chai is made with milk, not water
The dosa / poori setup
Behind the counter - making poori, smiling and washing dishes
Rolling the dough
Action photo of rolling dough
Place the dough into the oil - it puffs up and you have poori
Here are two masala dosa
A closer look - some red stuff, red petter, onion and potatoe
Tea stall in action
Lifting a prepared dosa
Rolling it
Rolling into a nice cylinder for eating
Here is how its done
Cleaning the grill for the next batch
Cleaning the grill
Look at the droplet formation
Receiving meal tickets
Off to work - and today a surprise, Sunset. Usually the haze is such that sunset is not there. But here it is - a most pleasant surprise
Sunset light is special
Construction adjacent to the hotel - freshly poured concrete
Preparing for a night pour
Sunset - high
Moving behind a cloud
Sunset cloud
A bit lower
Almost complete
Touching the horizon
A third disappeared
View of the city
Almost complete
Last sign of the sun
C. Frank Starmer