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Hyderabad

Paan wallah (and young intruder) in a Hyderabad bazar, Telengana State, India. 2007

 

Paan is a mixture of betel nut, lime paste and spices. It can be sweet (mitha) or saadha (with tobacco). The whole thing is wrapped in the leaf and used as a digestive and mouth freshener, although some people are litterally addicted to it and chew it all the time.

 

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Uploaded on March 25, 2015
Taken sometime in 2008