Marilyn Silverstone Prema Mathur Solanki, thinks she is 35 years old.She was married when she was 12, she has had 13 children, of whom six are alive.She and her family, who live in a tenement colony housing more than (...)
3000 cleaning workers, represnt India's major problems of poverty and illiteracy - problems which the Indian government is doing an enormous amount to deal with. © Marilyn Silverstone | Magnum Photos
Marilyn Silverstone The 87 year old Lingdok Gomchen is a celibate gelong and for the past 27 years has lived in a meditation cottage on a forested hilltop near Taktse where his companions are a fiercely devoted gelong (...)
monk attendant, and a cat. Gangtok, India. 1972. © Marilyn Silverstone | Magnum Photos
Marilyn Silverstone Chotay Lal (55) and his wife Sunder Devi (40), he has worked for the last 19 years as a 'masalchi' (dishwasher) in the famous Gymkhana Club in Delhi.His wife washes dishes twice a day for three oth (...)
er families to bring in more income.They have 5 children, a grandson,2 cats and 2 parrots.They live in one room plus a porch with courtyard paying no rent,in quarters on the Club grounds.He displays 'one week of food' they can afford. © Marilyn Silverstone | Magnum Photos