The World From Below

Place

India · Haryana

Panipat

A Haryana city known for textile recycling — processing discarded clothing from abroad into yarn, rags, and blankets. Work, dust, and household livelihood meet on the factory floor.

Illustrative / schematic photograph of a large pile of discarded second-hand clothing (Pexels / NEOSiAM). Editorial place card for Panipat textile recycling — NOT a specific factory floor.

Illustrative / schematic only — discarded-clothing pile (Pexels / NEOSiAM). Used to suggest Panipat’s textile-recycling feedstock, not a named workplace. · Credit: NEOSiAM / Pexels · Source: Pexels

Stories

The Work She Cannot Afford to Leave

In India's textile-recycling industry, a mother of two faces a choice between the wages her family needs and the dust that makes her sick.