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Slumdog posties
Postmen sort their post into the order in which they will deliver it on their beats.The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for
Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
Chandrakant Dalvi (50) delivers a to-be-signed-for item to a lady while out delivering post in Dharavi. He is one of the veteran postmen at the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 27 years and has been on beat number 8 for the last 5. The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
Chandrakant Dalvi (50) walks through a narrow alley while delivering post in Dharavi. When it rains these alleys are too narrow for an umbrella so postmen get regular drenchings. He is one of the veteran postmen at the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 27 years and has been on beat number 8 for the last 5. The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
15th September 2010, Mumbai, India. Chandrakant Dalvi (50) out delivering post in Dharavi. He is one of the veteran postmen at the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 27 years and has been on beat number 8 for the last 5. The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
Chandrakant Dalvi (50) out delivering post in Dharavi. He is one of the veteran postmen at the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 27 years and has been on beat number 8 for the last 5. The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Chandrakant Dalvi (50) walks between high-rise blocks while out delivering post in Dharavi. He is one of the veteran postmen at the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 27 years and has been on beat number 8 for the last 5. The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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A view out over the Dharavi slum.The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
Chandrakant Dalvi (50) walks over exposed water pipes - one of the many hazards for postmen out delivering post in Dharavi. He is one of the veteran postmen at the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 27 years and has been on beat number 8 for the last 5. The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
View of a polluted river with apartment blocks behind in Dharavi slum.
The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
Chandrakant Dalvi (50) walks through a congested alley while out delivering post in Dharavi. He is one of the veteran postmen at the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 27 years and has been on beat number 8 for the last 5. The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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A girl accepts a letter from Chandrakant Dalvi (50) out delivering post in Dharavi. He is one of the veteran postmen at the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 27 years and has been on beat number 8 for the last 5. The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for
Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Chandrakant Dalvi (50) walks through a dimly lit alley while out delivering post in Dharavi. Even during full daylight the houses are packed so tightly together that sunlight hardly penetrates between them. Dalvi is one of the veteran postmen at the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 27 years and has been on beat number 8 for the last 5. The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for
Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Chandrakant Dalvi (50) one of the veteran postmen at the Dharavi post office sorts mail as he looks out over a view of the Dharavi slum that he knows intimately. He has been working there for 27 years and has been on beat number 8 for the last 5. The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
Chandrakant Dalvi (50) hands a letter up to a man in a very dark alleyway, even during full daylight the houses are packed so tightly together that sunlight hardly penetrates between them. Dalvi is one of the veteran postmen at the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 27 years and has been on beat number 8 for the last 5.
The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Chandrakant Dalvi (50) enquires at a house for an addressee while out delivering post in Dharavi. Trying to find addressees is one of the most time consuming parts of the job. Chandrakant is one of the veteran postmen at the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 27 years and has been on beat number 8 for the last 5. The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Madhukar Budhe (32) delivering post on his beat in Dharavi. He is one of the relatively recent additions to the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 3 years and has been on beat number 4 for one year and does not completely know it yet, he estimates it will take another 6 months. Madhukar's rank is "Leave Reserve Postman' which is a sort of probationary position which last for 5 years after which he will be known simply as a postman.
'Working in Dharavi is twice as hard as my last posting where I used to deliver around 500 ordinary letters in half the time it takes me to deliver 300 in Dharavi'
The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for
Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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An example of a poorly addressed letter that will pose a challenge to the postmen of Dharavi. Despite the challenges 90% or ordinary letters are eventually delivered to the correct person. 'Kumbharwada' on the letter means the area of potters, so the postman will head to that area and begin asking for the addressee. But the road of the potters is 1.5 km long and is covered by 4 different postmen's beats, so if one postmen fails to find it on his beat he will hand it onto another the next day who will try to deliver it and so on until the letter either reaches the addressee or the letter is returned to the RLO (Returned Letter Office).
The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for
Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Madhukar Budhe (32) walks over wooden scrap and past cows while delivering post on his beat in Dharavi. He is one of the relatively recent additions to the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 3 years and has been on beat number 4 for one year and does not completely know it yet, he estimates it will take another 6 months. Madhukar's rank is "Leave Reserve Postman' which is a sort of probationary position which last for 5 years after which he will be known simply as a postman.
'Working in Dharavi is twice as hard as my last posting where I used to deliver around 500 ordinary letters in half the time it takes me to deliver 300 in Dharavi'
The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for
Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Madhukar Budhe (32) delivers a letter to a man in a high-rise building on his beat in Dharavi. He is one of the relatively recent additions to the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 3 years and has been on beat number 4 for one year and does not completely know it yet, he estimates it will take another 6 months. Madhukar's rank is "Leave Reserve Postman' which is a sort of probationary position which last for 5 years after which he will be known simply as a postman.
'Working in Dharavi is twice as hard as my last posting where I used to deliver around 500 ordinary letters in half the time it takes me to deliver 300 in Dharavi'
The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for
Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Madhukar Budhe (32) squeezes past a water drum in a narrow alley while delivering post on his beat in Dharavi. He is one of the relatively recent additions to the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 3 years and has been on beat number 4 for one year and does not completely know it yet, he estimates it will take another 6 months. Madhukar's rank is "Leave Reserve Postman' which is a sort of probationary position which last for 5 years after which he will be known simply as a postman.
'Working in Dharavi is twice as hard as my last posting where I used to deliver around 500 ordinary letters in half the time it takes me to deliver 300 in Dharavi'
The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for
Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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A view over the rooftops of the Dharavi slums.The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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A view over the rooftops of the Dharavi slums.The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
Madhukar Budhe (32) poses for a picture with a view of the Dharavi slums in which he works in the background. He is one of the relatively recent additions to the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 3 years and has been on beat number 4 for one year and does not completely know it yet, he estimates it will take another 6 months. Madhukar's rank is "Leave Reserve Postman' which is a sort of probationary position which last for 5 years after which he will be known simply as a postman.
'Working in Dharavi is twice as hard as my last posting where I used to deliver around 500 ordinary letters in half the time it takes me to deliver 300 in Dharavi'
The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for
Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
Madhukar Budhe (32) chats with a man while delivering post on his beat in Dharavi. He is one of the relatively recent additions to the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 3 years and has been on beat number 4 for one year and does not completely know it yet, he estimates it will take another 6 months. Madhukar's rank is "Leave Reserve Postman' which is a sort of probationary position which last for 5 years after which he will be known simply as a postman.
'Working in Dharavi is twice as hard as my last posting where I used to deliver around 500 ordinary letters in half the time it takes me to deliver 300 in Dharavi'
The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for
Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
A postman's delivery bag weighs around 10 kilos when he leaves the Dharavi office and he could have up to 300 ordinary letters to deliver along with registered letters, money orders, value payable items, insured letters, electronic money orders and parcels. Postmen manage the feat of delivering all this in around 6 hours. The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
Madhukar Budhe (32) bangs on a door while delivering post on his beat in Dharavi. He is one of the relatively recent additions to the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 3 years and has been on beat number 4 for one year and does not completely know it yet, he estimates it will take another 6 months. Madhukar's rank is "Leave Reserve Postman' which is a sort of probationary position which last for 5 years after which he will be known simply as a postman.
'Working in Dharavi is twice as hard as my last posting where I used to deliver around 500 ordinary letters in half the time it takes me to deliver 300 in Dharavi'
The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for
Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
Madhukar Budhe (32) delivers to a Jewellers shop on his beat in Dharavi. He is one of the relatively recent additions to the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 3 years and has been on beat number 4 for one year and does not completely know it yet, he estimates it will take another 6 months. Madhukar's rank is "Leave Reserve Postman' which is a sort of probationary position which last for 5 years after which he will be known simply as a postman.
'Working in Dharavi is twice as hard as my last posting where I used to deliver around 500 ordinary letters in half the time it takes me to deliver 300 in Dharavi'
The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for
Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
Madhukar Budhe (32, left) enquires about an address while delivering post on his beat in Dharavi. He is one of the relatively recent additions to the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 3 years and has been on beat number 4 for one year and does not completely know it yet, he estimates it will take another 6 months. Madhukar's rank is "Leave Reserve Postman' which is a sort of probationary position which last for 5 years after which he will be known simply as a postman.
'Working in Dharavi is twice as hard as my last posting where I used to deliver around 500 ordinary letters in half the time it takes me to deliver 300 in Dharavi'
The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for
Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
Madhukar Budhe (32) poses for a picture with a view of the Dharavi slums in which he works in the background. He is one of the relatively recent additions to the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 3 years and has been on beat number 4 for one year and does not completely know it yet, he estimates it will take another 6 months. Madhukar's rank is "Leave Reserve Postman' which is a sort of probationary position which last for 5 years after which he will be known simply as a postman.
'Working in Dharavi is twice as hard as my last posting where I used to deliver around 500 ordinary letters in half the time it takes me to deliver 300 in Dharavi'
The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for
Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
Madhukar Budhe (32) delivering post on his beat in Dharavi. He is one of the relatively recent additions to the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 3 years and has been on beat number 4 for one year and does not completely know it yet, he estimates it will take another 6 months. Madhukar's rank is "Leave Reserve Postman' which is a sort of probationary position which last for 5 years after which he will be known simply as a postman.
'Working in Dharavi is twice as hard as my last posting where I used to deliver around 500 ordinary letters in half the time it takes me to deliver 300 in Dharavi'
The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for
Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
Madhukar Budhe (32) descends steep iron stairs while delivering post on his beat in Dharavi. He is one of the relatively recent additions to the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 3 years and has been on beat number 4 for one year and does not completely know it yet, he estimates it will take another 6 months. Madhukar's rank is "Leave Reserve Postman' which is a sort of probationary position which last for 5 years after which he will be known simply as a postman.
'Working in Dharavi is twice as hard as my last posting where I used to deliver around 500 ordinary letters in half the time it takes me to deliver 300 in Dharavi'
The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for
Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
Postmen in the Dharavi Post Office share a joke.The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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New set of special Royal Mail stamps celebrates pioneering UK medical breakthroughs, Britain - 15 Sep 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Solent News / Rex Features ( 1225961a )
Stamp celebrating artificial lens implant surgery pioneered by Sir Harold Ridley in 1949
New set of special Royal Mail stamps celebrates pioneering UK medical breakthroughs, Britain - 15 Sep 2010
Stamp collecting is getting medical with the latest set of Special stamps by Royal Mail. 'Medical Breakthroughs' feature pioneering UK breakthroughs in medicine and surgery that have saved the lives and improved the health of millions of people across the world. The six special stamps mark some of the most important medical discoveries that have taken place in the UK since the late 19th Century. This includes the pioneering work of Sir Ronald Ross in 1897, which was pivotal in the development of today's anti-malarial drugs. Other stamps recognise heart-regulating beta-blockers, the antibiotic properties of penicillin, the computed tomography (CT) scanner and the pioneering of artificial lens implants.
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New set of special Royal Mail stamps celebrates pioneering UK medical breakthroughs, Britain - 15 Sep 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Solent News / Rex Features ( 1225961b )
Stamp celebrating the total hip replacement operation pioneered by Sir John Charnley in 1962
New set of special Royal Mail stamps celebrates pioneering UK medical breakthroughs, Britain - 15 Sep 2010
Stamp collecting is getting medical with the latest set of Special stamps by Royal Mail. 'Medical Breakthroughs' feature pioneering UK breakthroughs in medicine and surgery that have saved the lives and improved the health of millions of people across the world. The six special stamps mark some of the most important medical discoveries that have taken place in the UK since the late 19th Century. This includes the pioneering work of Sir Ronald Ross in 1897, which was pivotal in the development of today's anti-malarial drugs. Other stamps recognise heart-regulating beta-blockers, the antibiotic properties of penicillin, the computed tomography (CT) scanner and the pioneering of artificial lens implants.
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New set of special Royal Mail stamps celebrates pioneering UK medical breakthroughs, Britain - 15 Sep 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Solent News / Rex Features ( 1225961e )
Stamp celebrating malaria parasite transmitted by mosquitoes proved by Sir Ronald Ross in 1897
New set of special Royal Mail stamps celebrates pioneering UK medical breakthroughs, Britain - 15 Sep 2010
Stamp collecting is getting medical with the latest set of Special stamps by Royal Mail. 'Medical Breakthroughs' feature pioneering UK breakthroughs in medicine and surgery that have saved the lives and improved the health of millions of people across the world. The six special stamps mark some of the most important medical discoveries that have taken place in the UK since the late 19th Century. This includes the pioneering work of Sir Ronald Ross in 1897, which was pivotal in the development of today's anti-malarial drugs. Other stamps recognise heart-regulating beta-blockers, the antibiotic properties of penicillin, the computed tomography (CT) scanner and the pioneering of artificial lens implants.
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New set of special Royal Mail stamps celebrates pioneering UK medical breakthroughs, Britain - 15 Sep 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Solent News / Rex Features ( 1225961c )
Stamp celebrating the antibiotic properties of penicillin discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming in 1928
New set of special Royal Mail stamps celebrates pioneering UK medical breakthroughs, Britain - 15 Sep 2010
Stamp collecting is getting medical with the latest set of Special stamps by Royal Mail. 'Medical Breakthroughs' feature pioneering UK breakthroughs in medicine and surgery that have saved the lives and improved the health of millions of people across the world. The six special stamps mark some of the most important medical discoveries that have taken place in the UK since the late 19th Century. This includes the pioneering work of Sir Ronald Ross in 1897, which was pivotal in the development of today's anti-malarial drugs. Other stamps recognise heart-regulating beta-blockers, the antibiotic properties of penicillin, the computed tomography (CT) scanner and the pioneering of artificial lens implants.
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New set of special Royal Mail stamps celebrates pioneering UK medical breakthroughs, Britain - 15 Sep 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Solent News / Rex Features ( 1225961d )
Stamp celebrating heart-regulating beta-blockers synthesised by Sir James Black in 1962
New set of special Royal Mail stamps celebrates pioneering UK medical breakthroughs, Britain - 15 Sep 2010
Stamp collecting is getting medical with the latest set of Special stamps by Royal Mail. 'Medical Breakthroughs' feature pioneering UK breakthroughs in medicine and surgery that have saved the lives and improved the health of millions of people across the world. The six special stamps mark some of the most important medical discoveries that have taken place in the UK since the late 19th Century. This includes the pioneering work of Sir Ronald Ross in 1897, which was pivotal in the development of today's anti-malarial drugs. Other stamps recognise heart-regulating beta-blockers, the antibiotic properties of penicillin, the computed tomography (CT) scanner and the pioneering of artificial lens implants.
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New set of special Royal Mail stamps celebrates pioneering UK medical breakthroughs, Britain - 15 Sep 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Solent News / Rex Features ( 1225961f )
Stamp celebrating the computed tomography scanner invented by Sir Godfrey Hounsfield in 1971
New set of special Royal Mail stamps celebrates pioneering UK medical breakthroughs, Britain - 15 Sep 2010
Stamp collecting is getting medical with the latest set of Special stamps by Royal Mail. 'Medical Breakthroughs' feature pioneering UK breakthroughs in medicine and surgery that have saved the lives and improved the health of millions of people across the world. The six special stamps mark some of the most important medical discoveries that have taken place in the UK since the late 19th Century. This includes the pioneering work of Sir Ronald Ross in 1897, which was pivotal in the development of today's anti-malarial drugs. Other stamps recognise heart-regulating beta-blockers, the antibiotic properties of penicillin, the computed tomography (CT) scanner and the pioneering of artificial lens implants.
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Slumdog posties
13 of the 20 Dharavi postmen and the Postmaster Mr B.S Jaiswar (6th from left) outside the Dharavi Post Office. The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Mr B.S Jaiswar, Postmaster of Dharavi Post Office. He has been in post for two and a half years of a 4 year tenure. This is his first 'command' of a delivery office though he worked in a lesser position in one in Mumbai Central East district. By comparison this area has many more challenges. He says 'If you think of the Dharavi postmen in terms of the armed forces then they are the Special Forces, the elite commando's who tackle the most difficult work in the most challenging conditions. Even the police come to them if they need to trace an address in Dharavi. They have to work harder than any other postmen'
The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for
Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Royal Mail launches new Winnie the Pooh stamp collection, Britain - 11 Oct 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Royal Mail/Solent News / Rex Features ( 1231973d )
A stamp from the new Royal Mail Winnie the Pooh stamp collection
Royal Mail launches new Winnie the Pooh stamp collection, Britain - 11 Oct 2010
A new set of Royal Mail stamps are set to tell the story of one of the world's most loved bears and all his friends. The Winnie the Pooh stamp collection celebrates the enduring popularity and universal appeal of the hunny-loving character, famously created by A.A. Milne for his son Christopher Robin in 1926. Pooh was beautifully brought to life in endearing illustrations by E.H. Shepard. Original illustrations from the original Pooh stories, 'Winnie-the-Pooh', 'The House at Pooh Corner' and the book of verse 'Now we are Six' feature in the collection of 10 Royal Mail Special Stamps. Pooh of course takes centre stage, but is also joined by his pals Christopher Robin, Piglet, Eeyore, Rabbit, Kanga, Roo, Owl and Tigger. Philip Parker, Royal Mail Stamps spokesperson, said: "At nearly 90 years old Winnie-the-Pooh is looking incredibly good for his age, thanks to the imaginative writing of A.A. Milne and the timeless illustrations of E.H. Shepard".
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Royal Mail launches new Winnie the Pooh stamp collection, Britain - 11 Oct 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Royal Mail/Solent News / Rex Features ( 1231973e )
A stamp from the new Royal Mail Winnie the Pooh stamp collection
Royal Mail launches new Winnie the Pooh stamp collection, Britain - 11 Oct 2010
A new set of Royal Mail stamps are set to tell the story of one of the world's most loved bears and all his friends. The Winnie the Pooh stamp collection celebrates the enduring popularity and universal appeal of the hunny-loving character, famously created by A.A. Milne for his son Christopher Robin in 1926. Pooh was beautifully brought to life in endearing illustrations by E.H. Shepard. Original illustrations from the original Pooh stories, 'Winnie-the-Pooh', 'The House at Pooh Corner' and the book of verse 'Now we are Six' feature in the collection of 10 Royal Mail Special Stamps. Pooh of course takes centre stage, but is also joined by his pals Christopher Robin, Piglet, Eeyore, Rabbit, Kanga, Roo, Owl and Tigger. Philip Parker, Royal Mail Stamps spokesperson, said: "At nearly 90 years old Winnie-the-Pooh is looking incredibly good for his age, thanks to the imaginative writing of A.A. Milne and the timeless illustrations of E.H. Shepard".
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Royal Mail launches new Winnie the Pooh stamp collection, Britain - 11 Oct 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Royal Mail/Solent News / Rex Features ( 1231973f )
A stamp from the new Royal Mail Winnie the Pooh stamp collection
Royal Mail launches new Winnie the Pooh stamp collection, Britain - 11 Oct 2010
A new set of Royal Mail stamps are set to tell the story of one of the world's most loved bears and all his friends. The Winnie the Pooh stamp collection celebrates the enduring popularity and universal appeal of the hunny-loving character, famously created by A.A. Milne for his son Christopher Robin in 1926. Pooh was beautifully brought to life in endearing illustrations by E.H. Shepard. Original illustrations from the original Pooh stories, 'Winnie-the-Pooh', 'The House at Pooh Corner' and the book of verse 'Now we are Six' feature in the collection of 10 Royal Mail Special Stamps. Pooh of course takes centre stage, but is also joined by his pals Christopher Robin, Piglet, Eeyore, Rabbit, Kanga, Roo, Owl and Tigger. Philip Parker, Royal Mail Stamps spokesperson, said: "At nearly 90 years old Winnie-the-Pooh is looking incredibly good for his age, thanks to the imaginative writing of A.A. Milne and the timeless illustrations of E.H. Shepard".
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Royal Mail launches new Winnie the Pooh stamp collection, Britain - 11 Oct 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Royal Mail/Solent News / Rex Features ( 1231973g )
Stamps from the new Royal Mail Winnie the Pooh stamp collection
Royal Mail launches new Winnie the Pooh stamp collection, Britain - 11 Oct 2010
A new set of Royal Mail stamps are set to tell the story of one of the world's most loved bears and all his friends. The Winnie the Pooh stamp collection celebrates the enduring popularity and universal appeal of the hunny-loving character, famously created by A.A. Milne for his son Christopher Robin in 1926. Pooh was beautifully brought to life in endearing illustrations by E.H. Shepard. Original illustrations from the original Pooh stories, 'Winnie-the-Pooh', 'The House at Pooh Corner' and the book of verse 'Now we are Six' feature in the collection of 10 Royal Mail Special Stamps. Pooh of course takes centre stage, but is also joined by his pals Christopher Robin, Piglet, Eeyore, Rabbit, Kanga, Roo, Owl and Tigger. Philip Parker, Royal Mail Stamps spokesperson, said: "At nearly 90 years old Winnie-the-Pooh is looking incredibly good for his age, thanks to the imaginative writing of A.A. Milne and the timeless illustrations of E.H. Shepard".
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Zimbabwe - Oct 2010
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A youthful vendor sells the Mail and Guardian newspaper in central Harare, Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe - Oct 2010
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Patricia Vidal, mother of Madonna's new boyfriend Brahim Zaibat, Lyon, France - 03 Nov 2010
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Madonna Is Dating My Son, Reveals Frenchwoman
A mother has spoken of her shock at discovering that her 24-year-old son is Madonna's new boyfriend.
Frenchwoman Patricia Vidal said her son Brahim Zaibat, a dancer working in New York, broke the news to her over the telephone.
Telling the 44-year-old that he had a new girlfriend Brahim also mentioned an eight year age difference.
Something, says Ms Vidal, she was unconcerned about, telling her son that it would do him good to spend time with someone older.
"No," Zaibat reportedly replied. "She's eight years older than you, Mum - and her name is Madonna".
Speaking from her ninth-floor flat on a council estate in Lyon Ms Vidal said that she was shocked by the revelation, calling it "surreal".
Zaibat reportedly met the 52-year-old Queen of pop in September when he was dancing at the launch of her new line of clothes at Macy's department store in New York.
Following the event Madonna asked the young dancer out and they have apparently been inseparable ever since.
However, the age difference isn't the only obstacle in the way of their relationship. For example,
Zaibat's English is said to be poor, while Madonna speaks no French.
And then there is Zaibat's religion; according to Ms Vidal the strict Muslim prays several times a day and shuns alcohol and cigarettes.
Before Zaibat, Madonna dated another 24-year-old - Brazilian Jesus Luz.
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Baby orangutan makes 24-hour journey to new home in first class ferry cabin, Britain - 17 Dec 2010
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Baby Orangutan Cruises To New Home In Style
A critically endangered orangutan abandoned by his mum has cruised to a new home in comfort - in his own first class cabin.
Baby Silvestre - who celebrates his first birthday on New Year's Eve - dined on citrus fruit and milk as he made the 24-hour crossing to Portsmouth, Hants.
Brittany Ferries gave the nappy-wearing primate a private four-bed suite for the 690-mile trip aboard the Cap Finistere from Santander, Spain.
Silvestre spent most of his time exploring his surroundings and swinging from ladders and bunkbeds in his 150 pounds-a-night room.
But he was also allowed to visit Captain Patrick Thomas on the bridge.
Keepers at Santillana Zoo, Spain, raised the Sumatran orangutan by hand for 11 months after his mum simply put him down and walked away.
The keepers also accompanied him on his trip.
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Books
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Postcard and envelopes next to suitcase with stationery items, elevated view, studio
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Postcard and envelopes next to suitcase with stationery items, elevated view, studio
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Marcia Cross picks up her mail
Marcia Cross picks up her mail in Brentwood on January 7, 2011. X17online.com (FOTO:DUKAS/X17)
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