India Street Life
Poverty is widespread in India, with the nation estimated to have a third of the world’s poor. According to a 2005 World Bank estimate, 41% of India falls below the international poverty line. According to the New York Times, is estimated that about 42.5% of the children in India suffer from malnutrition.
Although the Indian economy has grown steadily over the last two decades, its growth has been uneven when comparing different social groups, economic groups, geographic regions, and rural and urban areas.
Slums of Lucknow India. 2009. Uttar Pradesh.
Met these two children in a back alley in Jaipur. The one on the left was very keen on getting photos taken of him while the one on the right was a bit more shy. They both loved looking at the potos of eachother on my cameras LCD screen 
Beggar girl with baby. Asleep. Chennai, India.
making money locally
An interesting element of communities in Tamil Nadu is how mixed the economic classes are compared to what I am used to in the West. Although there are certainly rich and poor areas, enclaves and slums, you never seem more than a street or a house or 2 away for either. Here a (well maintained) thatched hut sits beside more wealthy concrete homes in a typical ramshackle, chaotic fashion. Order? What order?
In financial capital of India...quite a contrast!
In India, poverty is hunger. Real hunger. Never having three basic meals a day. ...
