Editor's Note:
For most ordinary Indians, religion, work and food are indispensible elements of their lives.
Follow along with our photo gallery as we see just what it means to be an everyday Indian.
Photos: Courtesy of Cheng Meng
A young man practices the art of cloth dyeing under the watchful eye of his master at a workshop in Jaipur on October 1, 2014. 
A Hindu woman burns incense at a temple in Udaipur on October 4, 2014. 
Three brothers, dressed in matching uniforms, walk to school in Jodhpur on October 7, 2014. 
Two girls, dressed in their school uniforms, sit on the back of the horse-drawn carriage that will take them to school in Jodhpur on October 7, 2014. 
A traditional Indian breakfast with curry fried rice, chapati and baked beans. 
A man waits as a vendor prepares him a local snack, mixing noodles, chips, tomatoes and onions on the streets of Jodhpur on October 8, 2014. 
Various kinds of spices for sale in a Jodhpur market on October 8, 2014.
