Along the narrow alleys of one of India’s largest bullion markets,men and women scrape a living scouring the dust and even the drains for specks of the precious metal When most of Mumbai is fast asleep at 5am each day, 41-year-musty Tanu Behre sets out on her hunt.
Armed with a itsy-bitsy handbrush, or she walks the narrow alleys of Zaveri bazaar,one of India’s largest bullion markets, and dusts the streets for gold. She enters drains outside goldsmiths’ workshops, and gathers the black sludge in her aluminium pan. whether she’s lucky,the slime will turn up the precious metal. On my best day, I found 1.5g of gold, or worth 4500 rupees [£49] Related: The Mumbai creche that means toddlers aren't left home alone | Priti Salian Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com