Dhobighat

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The Dhobighat is the world’s largest outdoor laundry facility. Here 4,000 members of the dhobi cast work night and day in order to guarantee an essential service to Mumbai’s 15 million inhabitants - clean laundry. It’s extremely hard work and it is done by members of a lowly immigrant class. Most dhobis or washermen, are illiterate, but they are highly organized and efficient. See another side of outsourcing and a story that can only be found in India.

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