TruemorsThe municipal dhobi ghats, near Mahalakshmi suburban railway station, is a huge open-air laundry. Each morning, washing from all over Mumbai is brought here to be thrown into soapy piles and thumped by the resident dhobi-wallahs in the countless concrete tanks, barrels and shanty shacks inside the compound. The next day, after being aired, pressed, folded in newspaper and bound with cotton thread, the bundles are returned to whence they came. The secret behind this smooth operation is a symbol marked on each item of clothing; each dhobi-wallah has their own code – invisible to the untrained eye but understood by all in the washing business – that ensures the safe passage of laundry.
Bombay Dhobi Ghats 2
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Shinjini Chatterjee (not verified)at 00:04 on May 20th, 2009
Hi,
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