Cellphone Music... Description: Interesting juxtaposition of folk musicians smoking and talking on phone. Author: Vishwesh Sant, New Delhi Photo Location: New Delhi Year: 2008 Camera: Canon 620 Folk musicians smoking and talking on phone

Golden Rain... Description: On a highway near Kolhapur town, I bumped into several people who had spread their wheat crop on the road. The idea was that the passing trucks and heavy vehicles would thresh the grain. This beautiful lady caught my attention while she was pouring grain into the wind to separate the grain from the chaff. Author: Paroma Subodh Wagle, Pune Photo Location: Kolhapur, Maharashtra Year: 2008 Camera: Sony Cybershot...

Making a living selling handmade rattles... Description: This is a lady I saw in Fatehpur who makes a living selling handmade rattles. I do not know what she’s able to earn in a day but I suspect that she is among those millions of Indians who make less than Rs.50 ($1) per day. I thought that she had a kind and beautiful face. Author: The Editor Location: Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh Year: 2008 Camera: Olympus Evolt E-500 Making a living selling handmade rattles

Wizened old man with a white turban... Description: A wizened old man with an illustrious mustache and an interesting turban. He was photographed sitting outside a temple in Hyderabad. Author: The Editor Location: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh Year: 2008 Camera: Olympus Evolt E-500 Wizened old man with a white turban

Holy man of Srisailam... Description: This holy man was photographed outside the Srisailam Mallikarjuna Swamy (Siva) temple. The temple dates back to the 2nd century AD. One can find many holy men outside these temples and they essentially live off the contributions of visitors to the temple. Author: The Editor Location: Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh Year: 2008 Camera: Olympus Evolt E-500 Holy man of Srisailam

The “Say Cheese” Market... Description: This elderly woman flashes a priceless smile at a vegetable market in the slums on the outskirts of Delhi Author: Neel Pahlajani Location: Dholak Nagar, New Delhi Year: 2008 Camera: Kodak Z1725 The Say Cheese Market

Streetside Dosa Man... Description: This streetside Dosa vendor was more than happy to be photographed. In a small nook in Hyderabad, he serves up about 200 dosas a day. These are the enterprising people who keep India moving. Author: The Editor Location: Hyderabad Year: 2007 Camera: Canon G2 Streetside Dosa Man

Old man of Fatehpur... Description: Kindly old man photographed sitting inside the mosque complex that contains the tomb of the Sufi saint Salim Chisti in Fatehpur Sikri. Author: The Editor Location: Fatehpur Sikri Year: 2008 Camera: Olympus Evolt E-500 Old Man of Fatehpur Sikri