Wallah is a word that is followed by someone’s occupation.
For example, if you sell tea for a living you are known as a Chai wallah; if you run a shop, you are a dukaan(shop) wallah;
if you drive a taxi, you are a taxi wallah.
If you sell fruit, fruit wallah
Wallah may refer to:
• Dabbawala, lunch box deliverer
• Auto-wallah, driver of an auto rickshaw
• Chai-wallah, a boy or young man who serves tea
• Attar-wallah, seller of perfumes and extracts
• Kulfi-wallah, maker of Kulfi (Ice-cream)
• Kaan-saaf wallah, ear cleaner
• Bottley-wallah, recycler of printed material, bottles, and these days, electronic gadgets such as TVs
• Dudh-Wallah, this is a caste, an accent and applies to milkmen
• Punkawallah, The servant who keeps the punkah or fan going on hot nights
• Dhobi wallah, laundry worker.

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Sharon Thrupp
Sharon is passionate about India and the Himalayan region. She believes that while her Australia is her country by birth, India is the country of her heart. She first went to India in 1996 and later returned to volunteer helping Tibetans in Dharamsala in 2001, fell in love with the Himalayas and stayed. She is currently involved in a NGO in India helping underprivileged girls continue their education and spends her spare time walking in the foothills of the Himalayas and doing yoga.