From wandering to exploring

With his stall set beneath a huge green umbrella, Laxman Singh, a 40 year old man spends his day in and day out at Balaji Bhel Puri Corner preparing chaat, one of the delicacies of Mumbai street food. To capture the essence of his sweet, sour and spicy business is a difficult task as the tempting aroma teases your senses and the man insists you to give in. Nonetheless, he describes his life from the other side of the stall a bit hesistantly sporting a nervous smile. Laxman Singh, a migrant from Jaipur came to Mumbai, the city of dreams thirty years ago to earn a living. “When I was new to the place I was working with another Panipuriwalla, later I decided to put my own stall, for fifteen years I sold chaat by travelling on foot from place to place, calling out to people in every nook and corner, walking from lane to lane.” Mr. Singh says that it has been ten years now since he has owned this stall. Speaking about his normal working day, Mr. Singh discloses that he wakes up