beedis

Barring a handful of male labourers smoking 'beedis' (local cigarettes) and haggling over the price of a packet of fresh coconut pieces with a pavement vendor, there is no sign of any food.

NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories 2010

After Mother's death, Malkan increased Father's pay and, despite working for the village chief, lounged with Father, smoking beedis until wee hours, sitting outside our house staring at slow-moving clouds grazing mountain tops.

Cleaning The Dead Ajay Vishwanathan 2011

Bits of beedis, shiny plastic wrappers, punched bus tickets, snippets of onion, sprigs of fresh coriander floated on the black water; the reflection of a naked electric bulb shone out of the scum like a yellow gemstone.

THE WHITE TIGER Aravind Adiga 2008

But with the increase in tendu price, the cost of beedis also increased from Rs 2.5 per packet to Rs 5.

Archive 2006-11-01 Abhay N 2006

But with the increase in tendu price, the cost of beedis also increased from Rs 2.5 per packet to Rs 5.

State Vs Naxals - Revolution Interrupted - Gadhchiroli , Maharashtra Abhay N 2006

There was always a crowd of young men around it, joking and jostling around, smoking beedis or chewing on betel leaves and spitting out the red juice wherever they pleased.

Full-Blooded Fantasy Steve Erickson 2005

There was always a crowd of young men around it, joking and jostling around, smoking beedis or chewing on betel leaves and spitting out the red juice wherever they pleased.

Full-Blooded Fantasy Steve Erickson 2005

The men go for short strolls to smoke beedis, thin Indian cigarettes.

NYT > Home Page By SONIA FALEIRO 2011

Their major source of income is the tendu leaf used to make beedis.

The Times of India 2010

They began to organise tribal people to demand a rise in the price they were being paid for Tendu leaves (which are used to make beedis).

Culture | guardian.co.uk Arundhati Roy 2010