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October 2008

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Mumbai Photo Gallery
Photographs by Michael Rubenstein

Photo: Shaved ice stand at Chowpatty Beach

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young girl finds it hard to choose among the rainbow of flavors at a shaved ice stand at Chowpatty Beach. Chowpatty is Mumbai's street-stall hub, where you can get fresh coconut water, bhel puri (a snack of puffed rice, crisp graham-flour noodles, potatoes, and chutney), and much more.

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