BANDRA WEST, MUMBAI, INDIA 11/12/2019 - Tuk Tuks - or Auto-Rickshaw as they are more properly named, provide cheap and efficient transportation to millions of ordinary people in Mumbai. There are around 250,000 of them in the city with the newer models running on CNG bottled gas), making them environmentally friendly. Many major nationalized banks in India offer loans to self-employed individuals seeking to make a living from driving an Auto-Rickshaw. The black and yellow vehicles are like bees swarming through the chaotic traffic. Drivers don't so much adhere to the lane markings; they simply make another line, so a three-lane thoroughfare can easily become a six or even seven-lane one.
This image shows a line-up of Tuk-Tuks waiting for customers in the Hill Road area of West Bandra.#teamcanon #bandrawest #mumbai #tuktuk #streetphotography #womenstreetphotographers #womenphotographers #mumbaitourism #hillroadbandra #autorickshaw #blackandwhitephotography #blacknwhite
MUMBAI, INDIA 11/11/2019 - Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus was originally built by the British in 1887 to celebrate Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee, but since then, it has become the most important transport hub in the world's busiest commuter rail network. As well as being a UNESCO World Heritage Site, every day over 1,250 local and long-distance trains pull in and out of its 18 platforms. Together, they carry around three million passengers – that’s more people than travel on the entire British railway network per day. This image shows commuters getting shoes shined by a couple of shoe-shiners inside the station. Source: The Open University #india #indiatourism #streetphotography #womenphotographers #womenstreetphotographers #mumbai #teamcanon #chhatrapati #chhatrapatishivajimaha hi raj #railways_of_our_world #shoeshiners #blackandwhitephotography #blacknwhite
BANDRA, MUMBAI, INDIA 11/12/2019- Paan is a preparation combining betel leaf with areca nut widely consumed throughout Southeast Asia, East Asia (mainly Taiwan), and the Indian subcontinent. It is chewed for its stimulant and psychoactive effects. After chewing it is either spat out or swallowed. Heavy users of betel quids reveal their addiction when they smile. Their teeth are stained a reddish-black, dyed from years of chewing potent parcels of areca nuts and tobacco, wrapped in a lime-coated betel leaf. ... A betel quid is the name given to small parcels that typically contain areca nuts, wrapped in a betel leaf coated with slaked lime.
The picture shows a group of men huddled around a paan-vendor making up betel quids at an outdoor street market. #teamcanon #hillroadbandra #paan #india #indiatourism #photography #womenphotography #photojournalism #photojournalist #bandra #bandrawest #indianculture #streetphotography #streetsnappers #blackandwhitephotography #blacknwhite
