Inside Bengaluru’s Powerlooms: Migrant Lives Running on Shifts and Dust
- Oct 30, 2025
- 1 min read
Working up to 12 hours a day for meagre wages, labourers from Bihar, Odisha, and Uttar Pradesh operate looms in Bengaluru. But behind every metre of fabric lies a story of exploitation — unsafe working conditions, long shifts, and lives spent in debt and silence.
Miriam Rachel Mathew
Karuna Sarasuwathi Kumarappan
Grishma Mate
Lavanya Nandi
Mugdha Mathur
Deekshith R Pai
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