Barrows

Barrows are a memory of my childhood. I used to go to the big fruit and vegetable market in the old part of  Nicosia with my mother and dotted around the big market place were barrows selling fresh produce. They are gone now- eclipsed by the shops with neon lights, the supermakets which sell everything and the slicker merchants of today.

In India, a bygone era still holds on and these vendors with  their beautifully arranged fruit and vegetables is what I have decided to write and show you today. The barrows are ubiquitous and versatile- They can be parked anywhere and travel where necessary. No rents are demanded and they sometimes offer the venue for a vendor's rest and repose. Comradeship is possible and competition fairly distributed. A means of earning a livelihood that is movable, attractive and hopefully lucrative.