At the heart of spice trade in Cochin, there runs an exclusive Ginger export house run by the Gujarathi merchants. A historical piece of building that reminds us of a prosperous era in trade! Local women workers clean, strain and dry ginger at the warehouse for a daily wage of 60 to 75 rupees – bare enough to meet the dead ends?

Ginger has great medicinal value yet its smell and dust suffocate any normal visitor after 5 minutes.

The story is the same all over India, they carry many things over their heads!

After

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In the tiny rooms of Aligarh, they suffice the lock and key needs of India (may be whole world?!) Winter seemed quiet easy for the workers as some of the the windowless workshops are cosy. But Imagine a day in May when heat wipes across north India. yes, they still work!

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