One Who Fixes Axe (coulhari teek kerna wallah)

Blacksmithing: One more thing that can be done while
squatting

Lots of thing's fade into normal here, but a lot of the unique occupations remain interesting to me.
This man has a small black-smithing shop on the side of the road. In the picture he is sharpening an axe by beating the red-hot bit back into shape. To me, this is a small look at huge features of the culture.
A worker doesn't sharpen his own ax, because "There's a Wallah for that". The worker is just as happy to chop bricks with an axe and have a smith sharpen it rather than finding a better tool and saving the axe. While this sounds wrong, the right tool for the job is often not available or too expensive. This gets complicated when you think about wages and cost-of-living, but this is just a small look.  

Goats in Coats

The most dapper goat in town.

In this frigid  winter, a warm goat is a happy goat. Protecting a goat from the cold helps fend off disease as well as keeps them more productive. Usually I would build a 3-sided shelter, but locals just throw hand-me-downs on their street goats. I suspect its to keep them from complaining too much.

Speaking of goat bleating,  I was walking one day when I clearly heard, "Da-a-a-a-an" yelled in an alarmed tone. I turned around not knowing who it could be (I don't know, kid in need? Someone warning me of a camel stampede?) only to find it was a goat screaming while being carried as a passenger on a motorcycle. It's things like that which make me wonder if the culture is wearing on me.