Top Shots of Week One

I have never been anywhere else in the world where the people are so universally photogenic and surroundings so bright, colorful, and unique. The striking residents here do not beg for money or possessions, but just that I take their photos. It is as if they want me to see them again and remember them forever. Over the past week, I have taken 1,661 photographs, mostly of people. Although I wish I could, there is no way for me to blog about or explain all of them. Therefore, I am occasionally going to upload a “Top Shots” post like this to give you a taste of general life as a foreigner working in the slums of India. Here is my small selection from week one:

Rani’s sister Rupa and her friend Dolly

Roshan’s Mother and Sister

Hitching a ride home on a tractor

Manisha’s brother, Akash, with a local toddler

Gambling on the edge of the slum

Grazing cattle…perhaps there are alternative reasons why nobody eats beef here

Gudiya running home from school

Riding in an auto-rickshaw