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    Native Jetty Bridge in Karachi is a crowded place in the bustling city. It is where you can wash your sins, ask Got for forgiveness or find your internal peace simply by making an offering to the creatures of nature – birds and fish. A merchant selling bites of food sweeps his makeshift stall. by: vlad Views[527] A paan stall. Paan chewing is quite popular to majority of men in Karachi. Paan is a bettel leaf wrap with areca nut, slaked lime paste, and other pastes and spices. Men spit red tinted paan juice all over the busy streets of city. by: vlad Views[392] Masters of embroidery in an open-air bazaar in Karachi. Here it is a man privilege to decorate the woman's attire. by: vlad Views[327] Children workers in a metal shop. Sadly but childhood is exchanged with heavy labor - priceless support for their families. My flat is on a street lined with metal shops, and every morning an adolescent kid walks the alley pulling a speaker's magnet tumbling at the end of a rope and collects the metal scraps sticking to the magnet surface. by: vlad Views[299] In Karachi the entrepreneur spirit is high. Whenever there is a demand for something, there is someone to do it. Some skills like this improvised barber shop are performed straight on the street. by: vlad Views[338]
     

    Photos: Karachi - a man dominated society

    Sunday, 23 Nov 2014 | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

    On the other side of the window the world comes alive when I pull the soapy water down with a squeegee. The temporary kaleidoscope of bubbles, and reflections, and mirrors is washed away. Yes, I am a windows cleaner, one of the many-in-the-row skills ... Read more >
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