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Home 70
Erode, Tamil Nadu
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H worked as a clerk at the village Panchayat office and he lived with his wife, T, and two children. T worked from home recycling textile waste by hand. Each kilo of recycled waste earned her INR 20. They bought this house after their children were born, and although H earned relatively more money than others in their village, they still had to pawn the jewellery T’s parents gave her for their wedding to be able to afford the house.

A beautiful set of antlers, an heirloom passed down through generations of her husband’s family, hung on the wall and a large sweep of cloth was tied to it, making an impromptu cradle for babies.