Nine Rupees an Hour: Disappearing Livelihoods of Tamil Nadu

by Aparna Karthikeyan

occasionally hitting the hot metal too.

He he

how you got the names for your lentils—chickpea, cowpea, pigeon pea.

‘Leave your Kolhapuri chappals over there,’ or ‘Come in and wash your hands with Mysore sandal soap,’ or ‘Have those idlis made with the Coimbatore wet grinder,’ or ‘The Darjeeling tea in the Jaipur pottery cup,’ or ‘Where did you buy that Sanganeri print?’ All