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Business News/ Photos / Photo Essay | Like moths to a flame

Photo Essay | Like moths to a flame

For the Blind Relief Association in Delhi, the annual Diwali Bazaar renews hopes of a crackling new year

A few weeks ahead of Diwali, Som Raj begins working 10 hours a day to make candles for the Blind Relief Association’s Diwali Bazaar. Photographs by Priyanka Parashar/Mint

1/7A few weeks ahead of Diwali, Som Raj begins working 10 hours a day to make candles for the Blind Relief Association’s Diwali Bazaar. Photographs by Priyanka Parashar/Mint

Bimlesh Bharti (in the foreground) fine-tunes scores of handmade paper gift bags. The 20-year-old hopes to teach literature one day

2/7Bimlesh Bharti (in the foreground) fine-tunes scores of handmade paper gift bags. The 20-year-old hopes to teach literature one day

Visually-challenged children who live at the Blind Relief Association hostel help to block-print paper that is used to make cards

3/7Visually-challenged children who live at the Blind Relief Association hostel help to block-print paper that is used to make cards

Some of the workers taking a break

4/7Some of the workers taking a break

Raj Kumar has been making candles for 30 years

5/7Raj Kumar has been making candles for 30 years

A variety of candle moulds are  used to produce differently-shaped candles

6/7A variety of candle moulds are used to produce differently-shaped candles

The sale of candles and diyas starts before the Diwali Bazaar

7/7The sale of candles and diyas starts before the Diwali Bazaar

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