Thursday, January 17, 2008

Mucchad Paanwala

My illustrated book will tell the success story of a curbside Paan-seller. (Paan or Betel Leaf, is a type of Indian digestive, which consists of fillings wrapped in a triangular package using leaves of the Betel pepper (Piper betle) and held together with a toothpick or a clove.)
He is called “Muchad” which translates to Moustache in English, as his moustache is a mark of his pride. For over 20 years he still sits by a popular curbside, he now has his own website where you can order online, and rumour has it that he owns a Mercedes. A typical paan sells for equivalent to 10 pence.

http://www.paan.com/index.html





















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