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Home 45
Mumbai, Maharashtra
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T lived in a chawl (tenement) with her son and daughter, her home painted confectionary pink and white. Her husband died of a heart attack two years ago, and although she used to work in a factory which made pens before her children were born, her children supported her after their father’s death. T was Christian and had formed a small community in her tenement together with her 40 years ago, T told us, when she was newly married and had just moved into her home there had been no other buildings around them, only fields. It was not uncommon for them to find snakes in their home. Her husband had inherited a small room from his father, and over the years, they slowly extended it to include a kitchen, living space, a room, and a storage area.

There was a row of cassettes of 90s pop and Bollywood music belonging to her late husband, who loved music, and childhood playthings like dolls and large stuffed bears were displayed in cabinets in the front rooms.