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Interior photo of a dim hall used for flood relief packing at Sindhanur, Karnataka. Rows of bulky yellow plastic sacks are piled across the floor. A small child in a white top and lime-green trousers walks past them barefoot. Two men in white shirts stand near a white ornate cabinet, and several people sit on the floor at the right sorting and bagging supplies. Framed portraits hang on the left wall, a painted panel on the right, and a fluorescent tube light is mounted on the wall. The watermarked copyright text is not described.

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September 2006 - Sindhanur flood reliefA photograph of a relief packing hall with a white-walled interior and fluorescent tube lights. Several volunteers work on the floor among many yellow sacks and a large white bag of grain or flour. A man in a blue shirt and dark trousers lifts a yellow sack, while women in saris, one in green and pink, one in a floral print with a pink blouse, sit and kneel nearby sorting and filling bags. Scattered white powder covers the floor and cloth sheets. Two framed portraits hang high on the left wall, and a large printed poster of a man in a red top is on a door, with a smaller dark poster beside it. Stacked cardboard boxes and plastic packaging sit at the right edge.September 2006 - Sindhanur flood reliefSeptember 2006 - Sindhanur flood reliefA photograph taken inside a plain white-walled hall with a corrugated ceiling and a tall metal lattice frame. Several women in white saris stand at a long white-covered table, sorting and folding bright yellow garments. A woman in an orange shawl at the left watches, and a young girl in a white dress with turquoise floral print stands at the table receiving items. Behind them, a few people in white and orange move near a stage area with framed portrait photographs on the wall, and children sit on the floor at the right. Colourful bunting and hanging balloons decorate the ceiling.2007-05-04Inside a large, dimly lit hall with white pillars, volunteers pack rice for flood relief. Rows of yellow plastic sacks lie across the floor. Several women sit on mats; one in a red-and-white outfit scoops rice from a pile with a metal bowl, and another in a green sari with a pink-and-blue shawl tends the sacks. A man in a white shirt and dark trousers stands at right, another older man in white shirt carries a large white Elephant Brand rice sack at left, and a young child in a red shirt sits nearby. Stacked white rice sacks and a water bottle lie in the foreground.Indoor relief packing scene in a plain whitewashed hall with tall windows. A large pile of yellow-gold plastic packets covers the floor in the foreground. A man in a white shirt and trousers stands at left, another man in a white shirt bends over the packets, and a woman in a white top sits among them. Two children and a young girl in a black-and-white dress stand at right. Two framed portraits hang high on the left wall, and two large printed posters with red backgrounds hang on the wall centre and right, showing figures whose faces are not identifiable here.A storeroom with blue-tinted lighting where stacks of white rice sacks with red and green printed bands are piled against the wall. A man in a green shirt and dark trousers reaches toward the bags while a blurred person in a white jacket and teal head covering stands in the foreground. Bundles, bags and cardboard boxes are stacked along the back wall.2012-01-04September 2006 - Sindhanur flood reliefJanuary 06 20122012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06A photograph of a covered hall with bare concrete floor and white walls, filled with bundled belongings, white sacks and tarpaulin-wrapped piles of goods stacked against the walls. Several people move about or stand: an older man in a white shirt and white dhoti, a man in a peach shirt and green lungi, a woman in a yellow sari holding a small bundled infant, and a girl in a red patterned top gesturing to the right. A green folding chair and a bicycle sit among the bundles. No one is identifiable as a presenter; the scene reads as a relief distribution or storage space for supplies.