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India's Dhobi Ghat laundry workers care more about survival than politics

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As the eyes of the world turn towards India where ballot counting is continuing after a month-long election involving 900 million voters, we go to one area in Mumbai where many voters work in the informal sector of laundry. 

View of Dhobi Ghat in Mumbai
View of Dhobi Ghat in Mumbai RFI / Dhananjay Khadilkar
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Their day-to-day life is not so much influenced by politics but more by a need for survival in what is, in many cases, a generations-old industry.

Dhananjay Khadilkar reports from Dhobi Ghat in Mumbai - one of India's largest open-air laundries.

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