This is a set of pics clicked on February 14, 2003 on the Andaman Trunk Road. I was sitting at the back of the passenger bus and just about managed to get these three pics of the driver of the bus handing over something to the Jarawa lady. In this case these seemed to be biscuits, but this is one of the ways in which a host of things have been introduced to the Jarawa community. The road itself is a big intrusion into the lives and the forests of the Jarawa and though there are Supreme court orders of 2002 to shut it down, traffic continues to ply on it unhindered.
A young Jarawa woman starts to run alongside the bus even as the driver slows down 
She reaches out as the driver's hand emerges with something to hand over
She transfers the first object to her right hand and then stretches out the left again to take the next item being given
A young Jarawa woman starts to run alongside the bus even as the driver slows down 
She reaches out as the driver's hand emerges with something to hand over
She transfers the first object to her right hand and then stretches out the left again to take the next item being given
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