INDIA | Sunday, 13 January 2013 | Views [482] | View Smaller Image
The hawkers comprise a small section of slum-dwellers that supports the survival of the city’s other poor by keeping essential commodities cheap and affordable. The children’s toys at this Muslim vendor’s stall sell for about 10 cents each, but business is slow until sundown. Most of the goods are handmade in the mega-slums of Mumbai and sold directly to vendors, thereby cutting out the expensive middlemen.
