india calcutta scavengers

Recycling in India is done in public rather than in warehouses, as you might find in my hometown of San Francisco. Same results, but Calcutta doesn't have to worry about a city payroll or finding somebody to actually do the work.

Scavengers go through the garbage in the early morning hours in Calcutta, with British-era building in the background

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the_nannish_one says:

This is why I have never thought to include India in any travel plans. The population density and the overwhelmin poverty must be difficult to see!
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Robin Thom says:

A picture just can't tell the story...
but yours come as close as I've seen!

Double favorite on this one.

Great set of shots.
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thelampshade2000/tonydavies says:

There is great poverty in India - but there is also great beauty! The people are friendly and my wife said she felt safer on the streets of Kolkata than she does in many places in the UK!
OK! I'm biased! I spent some of my formative years in India and have been fortunate enough to go back on a couple of occasions in the past 5 years, and if the opportunity arose - I'd go back tomorrow!!
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Hexe75 says:

Interesting what thelamshade2000 says about Kolkata - in fact what his wife said. Because that's exactly how I felt in Kolkata, too. Very safe, happy, incredibly thankful for everything I've seen there. I hope to come back one day. Thanks for wonderful pictures, FriskoDude!
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purohitkailash87 says:

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