Beedi cigarette .. India
i wanted to get real close to photograph this man smoking his hand rolled cigarette .. and even had to choose Macro setting , he was very cool about it .. I met him at a chai stall in Rajasthan ... jan 2005
Beedi-rolling is a cottage industry and is typically done by women in their homes. Due to the relatively low cost of beedies compared with regular cigarettes, they have long been popular among the poor in South Asia, and are called the "poor man's cigarette".
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Beedi cigarette .. India
i wanted to get real close to photograph this man smoking his hand rolled cigarette .. and even had to choose Macro setting , he was very cool about it .. I met him at a chai stall in Rajasthan ... jan 2005
Beedi-rolling is a cottage industry and is typically done by women in their homes. Due to the relatively low cost of beedies compared with regular cigarettes, they have long been popular among the poor in South Asia, and are called the "poor man's cigarette".
My images are © Copyrighted and All Rights Reserved. This image can not be reproduced and/or used in any form of publication, print or the Internet without my written permission.
seeni in Explore Jan 6, 2010 # 292 . many thanks