The Ironing Lady

This lady set up her ironing business every morning on the side of the street across from Prasanna and Santhana's home. She always seemed to have plenty of business. Check out that iron....pretty heavy duty, huh? It doesn't "plug in", it's heated on coals.

Around the Neighborhood

January 12th 2006
Here are photos that were taken from Prasanna and Santhana's yard or near their home. They lived on a fairly quiet street with businesses just a few blocks away, easily within walking distance. Their local temple was about a half block away down the same street. All the homes (pretty much everywhere in the country) had walls around them which defined their yards. Someone told me that if ther ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more

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