Swajana

Paan Walah

Paan Walah - 02.22.2007
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Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » India: On Paan Waalahs - 02/26/2007 09:28:36

[…] Swajana has a video post of a paan waalah. (Paan seller). “Theoretically a Paan can be compared to an after dinner mint, but culturally it plays a far more significant role. Thereby the maker of the Paan takes on a key sociological role. His role can be considered akin to that of a bartender - where he develops an interesting relationship with his customers, and the good paan wallahs have quite a sense of humor - as you will see in the main character of our video here” Neha Viswanathan […]


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