Cart-driver and his horse find welcome relief in the shade from the punishing heat during summer. Horse-drawn two-wheeler, called 'tonga', is a vanishing mode of transport on Mysore streets.
Horse and the cart driver appear to be dozing in the morning breeze.The boy, woken up by my movement to take this photo, said he helped his dad before school hours. He was waiting for a fare when I ran into him on JLB Road, Mysore
The horse-drawn two-wheeler, we call it 'jutka'(meaning, a jolter), was a popular mode of public transport a couple of decades back. It is now considered a tourist attraction.The cart-driver taking a nap on a sidewalk, off JLB Road in Mysore.