According to a custom, in certain areas of Rajasthan, women are hired as professional mourners after the death of a male relative. These women are referred to as a ‘rudaali’ (roo-dah-lee), literally translated as female weeper. They in turn publicly express the grief of family members who are not permitted to display emotion due to social status. The rudaalis make a scene crying out loud. The impact of their mourning also compels other people at the funeral to cry.
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  Maruti Bhai Rao is a 65 year old man, who travels in Mumbai with his weighing machine from KanjurMarg Station to Powai garden, spending a couple of days at each spot. He charges rupee 1 for enquiring a person’s weight once. He visits the garden during weekends and spends more time on the station during weekdays keeping in mind customer traffic. He manages to earn about 30-40 rupees a day. He has 5 sons - all of them work in Mumbai.

  This peanut seller sits at a bus stop near Crawford Market in Mumbai. He seasons the peanuts wit salt and lemon and sells them in paper cones and packets. He earns about rupees 3000 a month. His sales dip heavily during the rain months. He belongs to Allahabad and has been selling peanuts for the past 5 years. He used to sell fruit before that.

  This is a cart puller, who works at Crawford Market in Mumbai and carries loads within the area. He carries about 100-200kgs in each round and usually with the help of an assistant. Both men keep exchanging the pulling and pushing activities. He is paid according to the load and distance. He manages to earn about rupees 100 a day. He has been working as a coolie for the 5 years since he came to mumbai from Delhi, where he used to work in a biscuit factory.