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Half-a-rupee to wash a shirt: How over 37 million Indian home-based workers surviveValliamma wakes up at 5am to finish the trimming on T-shirts. She needs to hand them over to the contractor by 11 am—they’re part of an important order for a global brand. There are no labels and no way of identifying the brand but, according to Valliamma, the strict timeline and fine quality T-shirt are proof that the assignment is for a high-end brand.
Updated July 20, 20226 min read