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Watching The Wheels

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The very shy Chamara sells corn on the cob. He boils the corn over a wood fire right next to his corn stall.

SRI LANKA | Sunday, 13 January 2013 | Views [389] | View Larger Image

The very shy Chamara sells corn on the cob. He boils the corn over a wood fire right next to his corn stall.

Muthukumara, the cobbler, says mending shoes is the only job he has ever done. Although the trade has been in the family for three generations, he hopes it ends with him. He wants his three daughters to find good jobs that, hopefully, pay more than the Rs. 1000 (US$8) he makes in a day.

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Sunny Sri Lankan afternoons mean that Tillekeratne usually sells most of his King Coconuts. The fruits come from a tree in his own garden and sell at about Rs. 40(US$ 0.32) a fruit.

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