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Chai in Amritsar

After visiting the Golden Temple, my daughter and I stopped for chai masala.

Photographs and words by Brian Silver

Close portrait of an older man in a knitted cap and green sweater at the tea stall.

The man serving us caught my attention, and I made a few photographs during that pause for tea.

The visit to the tea stall was brief, but his face and the encounter stayed with me.

The man facing the camera in a second portrait at the tea stall.
The man seated beside a cup, his head lowered into his hands.

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