It’s scary to see the bike riders in black coloured clothes in the backdrop of the Jallikattu protests in Chennai. Unfazed by all this is Amudha, who sells tender coconuts on...
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January 16, 2017
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Shail Raghuvanshi
Despite Hearing Disability Kadar ekes out a Living Selling Socks
Life is not easy for 61-year old Kadar. Though he is neither sad nor depressed, asking about his hearing disability is a delicate task. He lost his hearing ability at...
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January 9, 2017
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Shail Raghuvanshi
Broken and Lonely, Raju, the Vegetable Seller, Loves Crows
Thirty-six-year-old Raju, a vegetable seller, is lonely and broken. He was blamed for theft by his cousin, who was later caught red–handed, and lost his job. His wife was poisoned...
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December 27, 2016
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Shail Raghuvanshi
Bamboo Weaving, a Dying Craft, Makes Life Difficult for Gopi
Fifty-two-year- old Gopi had been working on a Chennai sidewalk for the past 30 years. Maybe, the tree that was a part of his handmade work hanging on one...
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November 21, 2016
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Shail Raghuvanshi
Life is no Magic Carpet for Salman in a Faraway Land!
Twenty-eight-year-old Salman is from Bhadohi, in East Uttar Pradesh. He was just 8-year-old, when he came to Chennai with his father. He and his six brothers are all in...
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November 14, 2016
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Shail Raghuvanshi
The Life and Times of an Unknown Flower Seller and a Spirit Healer, Banumathy
At 45 years, Banumathy is grandmother of seven grandchildren. A native of Madurai is one of a kind. She is not just a flower seller; she is a spirit healer,...
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November 7, 2016
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Shail Raghuvanshi
Life on Pavements: Memory and Instinct helps Mahalingam understand Books
Very few people are able to give back to society what they never got from it. Mahalingam, as this 68-year- old second-hand bookseller, is known, studied only till class three....
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October 31, 2016
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Shail Raghuvanshi
Selvam, a Mobile Tailor, who Sewed the Tatters of his Life
Life often deals a nasty blow when you least expect it. This is what happened to Selvam, a mobile tailor by profession whose arrogance brought about his downfall. An accident...
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October 24, 2016
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Shail Raghuvanshi
Rani: A Lonesome Cobbler Woman of Chennai, Forsaken and Forlorn!
Twenty years ago, 60-year- old Rani Perumal, a native of Chennai was thrown out, mercilessly, on the road, by her daughter. She did not want her mother in her life...
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October 17, 2016
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Shail Raghuvanshi
Clarence John: A Bike Repairman, Wayward to Devout Christian
A native of Chennai, 51-year-old Clarence John has been running a bike repair shop on the pavement for the past 20 years. He was wayward, would drink heavily but...