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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".

 

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seeni in Explore Jan 6, 2010 # 292 . many thanks

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