The basket beside the woman with the Sindoor on her forehead was full of chili peppers

Woman selling chili peppers — Woman selling chili and garlic

A woman with a sindoor, a sign of marriage, on her forehead was working at an open-air market in Malda. There were large baskets of chili peppers set aside in large quantities, and garlic cloves with the skin still on them were scattered around her feet. She was selling chili peppers and garlic. When I pointed the camera at her, the woman had just put her hand into the basket and grabbed a chili pepper.

The combination of chilies and garlic has the power to invigorate people who eat them. In hot India, it is common to eat chilies and garlic at home to energize the body, and many people sell garlic and chili peppers not only at markets but also on the roadside. One would expect the food to be spicy in such a place, but in West Bengal, where Malda is located, the food is not so spicy. I have the impression that in South Asia, the further south you go, the spicier the food gets. As proof of this, I had a hard time eating food in Sri Lanka, which is further south than India, because it was so spicy.

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