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Getting one's ear cleaned next to a juice stand in New Delhi - hygiene and lack of it co-exists in India. This particular ear cleaner even has a tube and ointment to apply to this man's ear, to soften the wax. Would you trust a man walking along the road to poke into your ears? Follow the ear cleaner around South Delhi on his routine as he prospects for clientele. Wearing a distinctive red cloth cap worn by all ear-cleaners, this ear-cleaner looks for clients amongst people waiting for their bus. He finds a ready customer at the bus stop and proceeds to rid him of his excess ear wax. The familiar rolled at the edges red cap is a dead giveaway that this man is a Kaan maliye or ear cleaner. He plies the roads of Indian towns and cities, hoping to find customers who need to get ear wax cleane
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