INDIA | Sunday, 13 January 2013 | Views [209] | View Larger Image
As cars carrying the newly rich come to stop for half a minute at a traffic light in Mumbai, a mob of young boys swiftly surround them- one offering to wash the windscreen, and the other selling water bottles with original labels but questionable water. But the most popular traffic light business is that of pirated books, which are sold for about a tenth of the market price. The sad irony however is that these “book boys” will remain illiterate throughout their lives.
