Before the sunrise, the quiet Neeruguttu Palle colony in Madanapalle begins to stir with the rhythmic sounds of a handloom. Inside a cramped room beneath a low roof, 58-year-old Subramanyam steps into the pit of his loom. His feet find the worn wooden treadles, and his hands take hold of the shuttle. The familiar khata-khat […]

There are some teachers you forget almost as soon as you leave school.And then there are the ones you remember years later.Maybe it was the teacher who made you enjoy a subject you once hated. Maybe it was someone who stayed behind after class because you just couldn’t understand the lesson. Or perhaps it was […]