Dadar Vegetable Market

One morning, a fellow photographer and I decided to visit the wholesale vegetable market in Dadar in central Mumbai, for photography. So, as we went around exploring the vegetable market, we spoke to some of the sellers there to know more about the place.

The market opens as early as 3-3:30AM in the morning. At this time trucks laden with vegetables for sale arrive, and the sellers set shop. 

One of the sellers told me that buyers start pouring in, as early as 4AM. The buyers are usually caterers, canteen/restaurant cooks, local vegetable sellers, and also those buying for their home. 

The vegetables come from all a huge variety of places, north and south, east and west of the country.

Each vegetable sold here has stalls dedicated to solely selling that vegetable only. Some sell according to meals cooked.

The market is fast paced, as you would expect any business in Mumbai to be.

The air in the market is filled with the smells of chillies, potatoes, tomatoes, leafy vegetables, etc. But the smell of chilli is the most dominant, and there is a lot of chilli dust. So watch your nose, while walking through there. 

Abandoned Laundry Shop

Another one of the several street sights I captured in Chennai during my PhD days over there, made into a sketch. This one is a closed down laundry shop (from the writing on the wall that says "Ramesh Ironing and Dry Wash"). Here is the sketch.

Abandoned Laundry Shop