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Outdoor relief food distribution in a damaged village yard. An older man in a white shirt and checked lungi stirs a large steaming metal cauldron of food on the left. A woman in a yellow-and-orange saree holds a steel plate while a man in a white shirt and checked lungi ladles food onto it. A shirtless young man in a striped lungi waits in line beside a small boy, with a young girl on the far right. Behind them stand a green concrete building, a thatched hut with blue tarpaulin, stacked bamboo and a wooden pole structure. The setting suggests post-cyclone village relief.

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January 07 20122012-01-07A photograph of villagers gathered outdoors among palm trees and scattered fallen branches, beside a large black cooking pot set on a concrete platform. A woman in a blue floral sari and green head covering stands at left, one hand on the pot. An older woman in a pink blouse and cream sari holds a steel ladle, while a woman in a light blue sari holds a small child. Men in shirts and dhotis stand behind and to the right. A stray brown dog stands in the foreground. The scene suggests food being served to the community, possibly as relief after storm damage.2012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesJanuary 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesOutdoor relief distribution in a dirt village lane after a cyclone. Volunteers in light blue and green head caps stand at a green-railed cart or vehicle ladling a yellow rice dish from a large steel pot into small steel bowls held out by villagers. A woman in a white head covering and white top and a man in a white shirt and checked lungi stand nearby. Children in colourful shirts and shorts crowd the road, and women in saris watch from behind. Dry brush and cut branches line the lane, with thatched huts and a goat visible in the background.2012-01-06Outdoor food distribution beside a wire-mesh fence and a palm tree, with dry grass and sandy ground underfoot. Several volunteers in white clothing and white hairnets serve food: one in a white shirt with a navy waistband and a blue 'Dhyanapeetam' logo on the back, another in a long white robe, and a third in a grey-pink shirt and white dhoti. They hand small plates or leaf packets to villagers. A woman in a yellow sari and a boy in a striped top and turquoise shorts reach through the fence. A steel pot of food sits in the foreground. On the left, a man in a blue checked lungi and a man in a striped shirt wait in line. No a person candidate is visible.2012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor food distribution on a dusty roadside. An older man in a white shirt and grey lungi, wearing a rudraksha mala and a gold wristwatch, stirs yellow rice from a large steel pot with a ladle. Beside him a helper in white ladles food onto plates. A woman in a green patterned top holds out a foil plate, and several children and men in shirts and vests queue, holding disposable plates. Another steel pot of white rice sits in the foreground. Tuk-tuks and motorbikes are parked behind the crowd.A photograph of a rural food distribution in a dusty village lane. Volunteers stand in the bed of a green-railed truck serving yellow rice from large steel pots and bowls to a crowd below. A man in a red and white checked shirt and grey head covering ladles food, while another in a blue checked shirt and green hair net leans in with a steel vessel. A man in a white shirt in the foreground dips a bowl into a pot. Women in saris, some in yellow and blue, and many children with steel plates and tumblers gather around.2012-01-07Photo of a cyclone-damaged village street in Kuttiyankuppam, Pondicherry, with unfinished brick houses, fallen branches and debris along the roadside. Many villagers, mostly women in colourful saris and children, gather around a truck loaded with steel pots, as a man in white and a man in a red shirt stand on the truck handing out food containers. A woman in front carries a large metal vessel. Utility poles and a blue sky are visible.2012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04