More pictures from the brickyards school and children

These photos were on my camera. I wrote about the Brickyards in the "First Two Days in India". To recap, Avani Institute is led by a dynamic, fearless leader, Anuradha Bhosale, who has fought large corporations who had been employing children in their sugar cane plantations and Brickyards. My previous post had many sugar cane pictures, I will add more of the Brickyards here.

Anuradha Bhosale in front of the classroom. The sand painting was a welcome for us.

Monique is getting the welcome Bindi

Children in the classroom

Moving bricks with donkeys is better than using children

So many bricks

Homes behind the workers - they are watching US.

Wood for firing the bricks

This young man will get to learn in school, instead of carry bricks from one side of the yard to the other. Thank you  Anuradha Bhosale and your team of dedicated workers and teachers.

Scenes of the road

We spent a lot of time in the bus, and one afternoon walking in Ahemebad. These pictures are of common occurrences that I saw on the streets of India.

Outside our first hotel in Mumbai. My first glimpse, before I was awake or courageous enough to go outside. Toward the bottom left, you see a dirt field. People (males) of all ages wow seen playing cricket and soccer on that field at all times.

Bags of recyled goods.

Kids stopped their street game of cricket for a picture. They were happy to say "hello" and "what is your name?"

Statue In the middle of a roundabout.

Sugar field plantations, large and small.

Flower stands.

Street veggie sellers. I never actually saw an indoor store that sold produce. The carrots there are red and delicious!

Walking in Ahamebad

One tight corner: two motorcycles, one cow, pedestrians, a bicycle, and a man sifting his grains. Can you see all that?

So many birds, getting ready to land on the wires.

Road construction. There is a man in the pit with a shovel.

Slabs of marble from a nearby quarry.

Monkeys and cows and someone feeding them. When the cows come near the monkeys, they monkeys clear out. While we were there a second group of monkeys came out of the forest, frightening the first pack away.

Camels and trucks side by side with pedestrians.

Looking down a side street.

notice... No lanes

Is that a motorcycle parked in front of an ambulance? Hmmmm

Looking out the back window of the bus. Ah, nice clean air.

All that sugar cane green is being pedaled by a bicyclist.

Another wide load

Long loads too.

Road construction ahead, somehow we all made it past.

Not sure what the line up was for.

Horse and buggy for tourists.... Not us though.

Trucks all say "blow horn" on the back. It alerts them you are passing. Need eyes and ears to drive here.

With a chisel and a hammer, he will break up that big rock.

Two way traffic. We barely fit past

And then there was one of the giant birds home. With flush toilets, in the sky. Amazing.

Food

We ate at buffets most of the time. So many favors, colors and textures. Often chicken and mutton was served, if the restaurant or hotel served meat. Some were strictly vegetarian. Delicious! We always had "starters" first. This means servers came to the table offering a piece of Chicken, mutton, potato cake, and other delectable items. once we were finished with those, we went to the buffet.

Of course Nan, and other Chapatis were served at every meal.

This place was our final lunch. It had three different buffets, plus 1 for dessert!

Chutneys were a staple. Upper left is coconut, tomato is upper right. The two together were a favorite...on anything.

The land of spices!

These are all desserts. Their carrots are bright red, and sweeter than ours. Sometimes used for dessert. Did I mention, this is MY plate?

All organic, home made at this Navdanya farm. Special treat.

These tomatoes were scrumptious!

Chicken sausages. I never tried them but heard they were good.

Breakfast. Not my plate.

Bread items!

So much food.

3 kinds of curry.

 This was a common dessert. These are made from flour, and soaked in a sweet syrup.

Here's the group having lunch.

Salads were off limits to us foreigners. 😞