In my elementary Tamil language I asked her, ‘Oru photo yedukuren’ (I will click a photo?). She was all smiles as she quickly adjusted her saree and posed for the camera. And when I showed her the photo, she couldn’t help but blush and smile widely as she thanked me by touching my cheek.
This charming vegetable vendor won my heart in the busy Sunday vegetable market near the M.G Road area of Puducherry (Pondicherry). This vegetable vendor makes about $5 a day if she manages to sell all her veggies for that day.
Here’s to a day in the life of a charming woman from Puducherry!
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