Street urchins at chandigarh. They always have a happy grin for a picture if you give them chocolates or change.

railway platform urchins at chandigarh. usually seen doing odd jobs for the railway vendors by selling their oddities on trains.

a banana seller from north india. they walk about with half open wicker-baskets on their foreheads, visiting neighbourhood houses for a sale.

a curious kid at the red fort - delhi. on his weekend holiday trip to the big city.

a sweet seller at amber in rajasthan selling home-made indian sweets in his stall.

A cycle rickshaw driver with his friends in delhi. This is a common and cheap form of transport for short distances in Delhi and a source of livelihood for these boys.

Shy Sikh girls participating in a religious procession in Delhi celebrating the birth of their founder Saint. The yellow and blue colours symbolise their sect.

Trained monkeys and their masters taking a break at a public pool in Delhi on a hot afternoon.

A snake charmer in Rajasthan. They perform on streets for donations, blowing their snake horn into the basket, trying to revive the snake to show it's aggressiveness & impress the passer-by's.

A street musician ain Jaisalmer. They are usually found playing a single stringed traditional rajasthani instrument at street corners.

A food stall owner with his wares in Shimla selling local Indian savouries like samosas, thick fried potato crispies, thick pea curry etc.

A village woman in Himachal Pradesh carrying wild grass for her goats on her back.

An old man from a himachal village resting outside.

A local tourist spinning the prayer wheels at a monastery in Dharamshala Himachal Pradesh.

The morning vegetable market at Dharamshala.

a local boy from pang village in leh.

Village children of ladakh going to school. Their scarves protects them from the harsh sun on the mountain and the thick clothes for the evening cold.

A local family at the market in ladakh.

local girls in ladakh

a monk praying at the stok palace in leh