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How people struggle for a living in India
India's streets are bustling with small businesses. An indomitable spirit and entrepreneurial skills make these vendors an important part of our lives.
Here's how thousands of vendors and workers struggle for a living across the roads and narrow bylanes.
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How people struggle for a living in India
People walk past a roadside currency exchange vendor in the old quarters of Delhi.
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How people struggle for a living in India
A worker welds an iron pipe kept on a roadside against the backdrop of pre-monsoon clouds in Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi.
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How people struggle for a living in India
Customers purchase vegetables from a roadside vendor amid fumes caused by a municipal worker fumigating a residential colony at Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi.
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How people struggle for a living in India
A woman sells vegetables at a roadside stall in front of a beauty salon in Mumbai.
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How people struggle for a living in India
A woman wearing a mask blows bubbles as she sells toys at along the roadside in Mumbai.
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How people struggle for a living in India
A woman carries earthen pitchers at a roadside workshop on the outskirts of Ahmedabad.
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How people struggle for a living in India
A customer holds chicks dyed in colour after buying them at a roadside market in Srinagar.
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How people struggle for a living in India
Vendors selling fruits and clothes wait for customers at their stalls under a parked truck, on a roadside in Kolkata.
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How people struggle for a living in India
Shastri, 62, works inside a roadside shoe making workshop in Mumbai.
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How people struggle for a living in India
A woman adds finishing touches to cricket bats being made along a roadside in Nagpur.
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How people struggle for a living in India
Eight-year-old Rupa performs on a tightrope at a roadside in Kolkata.
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How people struggle for a living in India
Five-month-old Roshni, child of a woman labourer (R), rests in a basket at a roadside construction site in Chandigarh.
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How people struggle for a living in India
A vendor displays metal locks for sale at his roadside shop in New Delhi.
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How people struggle for a living in India
Prem (3), the son of an idol vendor, plays with a mobile phone in front of the idols of Hindu god Krishna at a roadside in Chandigarh.
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How people struggle for a living in India
A labourer carries pots of palm juice to prepare jaggery, a form of candy, at a roadside factory in Bagnan, Kolkata.
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How people struggle for a living in India
A labourer prepares Jaggery (candy) at a roadside factory at Banur village in Punjab.
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How people struggle for a living in India
Vendors hold garlands of marigold flowers as they wait for customers at a roadside stall on the Hindu festival of Diwali in Siliguri.
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How people struggle for a living in India
A vendor arranges umbrellas for sale on a roadside in Ahmedabad.
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How people struggle for a living in India
A roadside vendor spins light sticks to attract customers in Shimla.
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How people struggle for a living in India
A man carries cane baskets along a roadside to sell them in a market in Nalchar village, about 76 km (47 miles) south of Agartala, Tripura.
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How people struggle for a living in India
A boy arranges national flags for sale at a roadside shop in Siliguri.
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How people struggle for a living in India
A vendor arranges bottles of perfume at a roadside shop in Hyderabad.
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How people struggle for a living in India
A girl performs acrobatics to earn her livelihood at a roadside in Allahabad.
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How people struggle for a living in India
A child plays with guinea fowls kept for sale at a roadside in Jammu.
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How people struggle for a living in India
Glass bangles are seen at a roadside shop in Kolkata.
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How people struggle for a living in India
A tea vendor holds an umbrella at a roadside in Mumbai.
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How people struggle for a living in India
A roadside vender sells coloured powder during Basanta Utsav, or Spring Festival, in Siliguri.
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How people struggle for a living in India
A vendor arranges second-hand books at his roadside shop in Siliguri.
How people struggle for a living in India
A hand rickshaw puller rests on a pavement in Kolkata.