Picture Discussion

I believe that this picture was taken in the urban part of India as concrete structures in the background and the concrete floors can be seen. I can tell that the people are of the indian race from their clothes, skin colour, and the elephant walking on the pavement shows that it was in India. I think this picture was taken during summer as I can see two ice-cream sellers on the street and the people are wearing light clothing.

Both the ice-cream sellers are still using bicycles to travel around. The styrofoam box the seller use to keep his ice-cream forzen was so old and the paint had dropped off. I suppose their country is still developing or maybe ice-cream sellers would not earn much to buy a motorcycle or new equipment. The ice-cream cones they had have different colours which could not be found in Singapore.It will attract children to buy from him as most of the young ones like to eat colourful things.

I think the day has just begun as the ice-cream seller was still setting up his mobile store. He might also just came here to try his luck and he will go to another place if he could not earn much there. I think he will more probably stay as it was just the beginning of the day and more people will come. During the afternoon, when the sun is scorching, people will also buy to cool themselves down.

Just beside the ice-cream seller, I noticed a group of woman and girls sitting down on the pavement. They looked happy as I can see smiles on a woman's face. I supposed the women were chatting with their friends or neighbours and they had brought along their children with them. I reckon they have met up with them on the way back home from the market.

I think that these women would continue to chat till their stomach growled as Indians can sit down on anywhere and chat for a long time. If I were the ice-cream seller, I would be bored to stand for the whole day with little customers. Probably he would make himself an ice-cream.

India is a place where the history is rich and you will see some old tradititions in the people. It is a very interesting place to visit as it is quite different from Singapore which is multi-racial.