Auto-rickshaws navigate rainy roads at ITO intersection in New Delhi
highway · monsoon
Traffic moves steadily through the ITO intersection in New Delhi during wet monsoon conditions.
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When your client grimaces, it's from relief! Ear Cleaner: get ear cleaned while waiting for your bus
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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 cleaned from their outer ear drums. This is a delicate operation and a pin or tooth pick with cotton going in too deep can puncture or even burst the ear drum. Yet, Indians opt for this and sit on a busy or dirty roadside to get the operation done, in broad daylight and with traffic all around! When your client grimaces, it's from relief! Ear Cleaner: get ear cleaned whi
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