In the good old days, the ‘parana coat karaya’ went from house to house exchanging aluminium or plastic kitchenware for old and nearly new clothes. That era has vanished. Sunday Times photographer Indika Handuwala recently captured this picture in Colombo of a virtual shop-on-wheels, another transformation from an era where all types of brooms were [...]
In the good old days, the ‘parana coat karaya’ went from house to house exchanging aluminium or plastic kitchenware for old and nearly new clothes. That era has vanished. Sunday Times photographer Indika Handuwala recently captured this picture in Colombo of a virtual shop-on-wheels, another transformation from an era where all types of brooms were strapped to bicycles or push carts with traders shouting “kohu-idaaaal”.
