February 4, 2010

Street occupations

street sweeper
garbage collector
shoe-shiner
barber
fast food vendor
laundry detergent seller
pen seller
beggar
scale weighing man
rag-picker
milk man
chicken carrier on bicycle man
rickshaw driver
water pumper
chai wallah
bread wallah
electrician
cell phone repair man
mechanic
knife-sharpener
hair accessory sellor
tailor
fabric/scarf seller
fruit vendor
vegetable vendor
tool vendor
shoe vendor
handmade sandal vendor
fruit salad vendor
used book vendor
coconut juice man
sugar cane drink man
underwear seller
plastic kitchen ware seller
metal kitchen ware seller
lime juice maker
bhel puri man
metal scrap sorter
welder
cigarette roller
lassi maker
fried snack man
solderer and welder
candy man
watch seller
plastic sorter
goat-herder
lock-seller
ice cream seller
typewriter/scribe
xerox maker
mattress seller
huge bags of rice and other huge things carrier
metal beam transporter
bicycle rickshaw man
cooking assistant
laundry washer
magazine seller
photo album seller
map seller
calendar seller
henna drawer
shop advertiser
tablet single use sellers
cardboard box binder/recycler
newspaper seller

This list represents my ongoing compilation of street occupations, in order to demonstrate a glimpse of the uncanny specialization of this paradoxically advanced and primitive society.

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