A market is only as interesting as the people who inhabit it…and Poorna Market is indeed a mixed bag of characters. Here is a family of basket weavers sitting outside their home cum shop.
A small boy from the basket weaver family. His name is Kishore and he was a real sweet heart.
An old lady sweeping the backyard in the basket weavers lane.
A vegetable lady who was very curious as to why I wanted to take her photographs. Her skin is yellow because of the turmeric she has applied to her skin as part of a purification process…
Samudri Amma…or as she says Sundhari amma…she was so curious and happy to pose for photographs…I think she is beautiful…
Details of the nose ring worn by Samudhri Amma…very pretty…
Another vegetable seller. When I asked her to pose for a photograph she dew herself all stiff and formal…but I told her she should smile and she broke into the most beautiful smile ever. I also dig her nose rings.
Another vegetable lady…
And her friend who sat next to her. I was very taken by the animal printed saree blouse.
This was a gentle man who was selling ropes. He was very happy to pose and I love the hair coming out of his ears.
