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Sun rays filter through drying bedsheets at Saidapet dhobhi ghat at dawn, as a woman sorts out her pile of laundry for the day.
Sun rays filter through drying bedsheets at Saidapet dhobhi ghat at dawn, as a woman sorts out her pile of laundry for the day.
A clean picture
Chennai has over 14 dhobhi ghats across the city. These hubs are more than just laundry zones, but are also thriving dhobi communities; the washing pens are where kids play, women gossip, men drink tea and families grow. This photo essay captures life in the dhobhi ghat in its true frame - messy, chaotic and full of life.
(This essay was published in
The New Indian Express
on 11.05.2017)
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