Kolkata Vendors, Part 2

Continuing through the Kolkata streets, another area yields another group of interesting merchants.

The office worker.

The tea seller. The man to see for pots and pans.
This guy is prepping a package of paan, a type of Indian chewing tobacco. Best to decline.

The busy butcher, working from his squat stool. The shoeshine men.

The trunk seller. They still make metal trunks of every size, the cases used for moving all your stuff or for setting up a dowery.

Sidewalk shave with spectator. The nicely worn typewriter repair sign.

And the nice gentlemen who will fix your typewriter.

Kolkata Vendors, Part 1

There's no end to the variety of small store owners, vendors and workers plying their trades along the streets of Kolkata. Any block presents a beautiful lineup of the working man.

The key men.

Sundries merchant. The rubber shop workers.
At the butcher.

It's amazing in India what people do to make a living. A tiny stall that somehow accommodates two merchants, dry goods on top, tea on the bottom. The world's smallest mall? On the right, another tea vendor, showing his success by the size of his belly.

The chemical dyes store owner.

Merchants organizing their stock. Hanging out at the paper shop.

These gentlemen sell animal hair.