Working lives in India

When I travel I'm always looking for the chance to get a glimpse into the livelihoods of ordinary people in the places I visit. Below is a small sample of some of the people we've met and seen over the past month here in India.


Women threshing wheat in Likir, Ladakh


Young monks at a monastery


A Kashmiri textile merchant in the New Town section of Srinagar


Performers in a local production of the Ramayana in Manali


A cook in a tent dhaba at nearly 15,000 feet


Woodworkers in Leh


Truck drivers high in the mountains between Leh and Manali


A water delivery man in Leh


A copper smith in Chiling, Ladakh


Giant parantha makers in Srinagar


A vegetable merchant outside a mosque


A fisherman on Dal Lake, Srinagar


A shopkeeper with his wares


Construction workers in New Delhi