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Sunday morning bazaar

February 4, 2010

Vegetable vendor in Gandhi Bazaar

Sunday morning vegetable market at Gandhi bazaar. Nice warm sun and cold air. Different shapes of  reds, greens, oranges and yellows shining in the sun, waiting to be sketched. My back basking in the warm sunlight – sketch book and pencil in hand. Avarekai, bendekai, badnekai, moolangi, eerulli, uLi tomato, batani, tondekai, seeme badnekai, nimbe hannu, sapsige, palak, menthya. Menasinkai, hoov kosu, yelekosu, delhi carrot, beans, double beans, southekai. Fresh smell of ginger, pudina and lemon if you really tried. All in neat piles in brown cane baskets on upturned KMF crates. Towards  the end of the sketch, a red chilli had appeared in the nice shiny heap of green peas – the most prized vegetable of the day. The vendor thought I had stared at his vegetables enough, and I thought that it was a subtle indication for me to leave :)

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  1. February 5, 2010 12:41 am

    Long time no updates but glad to see a new post! Lovely sketch of a quintessential vegetable seller in our traditional markets. You don’t seem to have lost your touch and still seem to have that keen eye to capture the finer nuances of this city. Hoping for regular updates from now on.

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