Looking into my Hong Kong travel archives, I found this picture that I had clicked.
I remember walking down the street one morning when I spotted this stall and the guy engrossed in what looked like his reading ritual. I smiled and quickly snapped one before I moved on. In the middle of morning rush, there is nothing better than finding out what’s up with the world.
Linking with Esha and Natasha for #WordlessWednesday today and this is #79 for me.
happiness and food 
A Financial Times stall and how cool is that! Love the shot of the person in the grind of the day makes for perfect capture.
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Thanks Vishal 🙂
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His world laid out on a couple of sheets of ply wood. I love these type of stalls, one of the highlights of travelling. You can often fond some interesting things.
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Yes. Many interesting things 😉 thanks Gavin!
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That’s an impressive stall! Looks like papers from all over the world. How fortunate the proprietor had some time to read, as well.
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True that! Something that most of us find hard.
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I really like his expression. His nonchalant way of reading the paper while the world goes by.
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I observed that too. Thanks Raji for stopping by.
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He is making very good use of his time. 🙂
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Hai na?
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I love how chilled out he seems! 🙂
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How cool is to be surrounded by books and newspapers, have time to read them and be the instrument in spreading the love of the written words to others too! A fab capture, Parul!
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How cool it is to be surrounded by books and newspapers, have time to read them and be the instrument in spreading the love of the written words to others too! A fab capture, Parul!
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That looks like a guy who enjoys reading and he will always have plenty to grab his attention I bet! Thank you so much for joining us for #ww this week, Parul! Love your photo-posts that always have a lovely back story to them.
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I remember you posting this picture before. Interesting!
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That’s how we must live! 🙂
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Such a cool shot! I love street storytelling, so many stories around, right?
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Always! Thanks Aditi 🙂
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What a cool picture
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Thank you!
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Hongkong is fascinating, and the street life is worth documenting. Excellent capture.
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Really impressive shot, Parul. Really does look like reading is his ritual each morning…and maybe for most of the day too. A humble job, but a job where he can learn heaps about the world. In a world where so many of us get our news and information online, it’s amazing how shops like these in Asia still thrive 🙂
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Look at the busy stall! The guy is sitting amidst that crowd doing his thing without a care. Good capture, Parul. I love how you manage to capture the story rather than a photo every single time. That’s a talent. ❤
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To see a reader in a book and newspaper seller is a good sight. Whenever I see such a stall or a make shift shop, I can’t help but thinking about how arduous it must be at the end of the day to wind up everythinng, to take away the planks (used as shelves), the stools beneath them and putting back all the stuff inside the shack.
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