Nancy learning to roll beedis

One of the colonies turned out be a center for informal beedi (small cigarette) production. We found one group of people sitting on their front steps in a production-line arrangement. We later found out that a family can pick up 1 Kilo of dried tobacco, spend hours making them into hundreds of beedi packets, and make 100 rupees (a little over two dollars).

As smooth as...

January 27th 2007
I am here! I am (mostly) settled. And at long last I am taking a deep breath and a plunge into the world of blogs and online diaries. I must admit that I like this one, as it makes me feel a part of some great fraternity (or sorority) of travelers. In a letter from a friend, not long after my arrival in Chennai: "I hope the transition is smooth....although not much except poop is smooth in ... read more

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