Dhobi ghat. Huge washing machine under open sky. At the Mahalaxmi suburban train station. Hemmed between railtracks and two highways. Water and soap. Barrels of bleach. And some more water.
Sorry, rest of this article is not available in English. Yet. Have patience. But there are some pictures to look at.
Dhobi ghat, view from the bridge above. Rows of concrete tanks filled with water and drying laundry.
Soap and water.
Every piece of laundry is market with a cryptic label.
Soaked up laundry is scrubbed with brush.
Washing follows.
In the end the dirt is beaten out.Drying of a laundry is assisted by primitive centrifuges
The only machines in the whole process are centrifuges. Laundry comes out almost dry, hanging it for half an hour in the sun is enough.
Hang and dry
Corner boys and families
Even at dhobi ghat is a lot of corner boys…
Lot of people working at the ghat live there as well. With families.
