It was a bustling month on the sewing machine for the 19-year-old. On August 26, a child was conceived, her sibling's third little girl. Aside from the typical weaving work she did, the lady needed to transform old dhotis and saris into garments for the infant. Her hands worked quick on the machine, reviews her sister-in-law, "ekdum tez". Weeks after the fact, the child garments lie incomplete. The sewing machine has been pushed to a corner and the samples of texture have been packaged onto a blue rack in one of the three little rooms of the house in a town in UP's Hathras. Continue Reading...