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MUMBAI MILLS FROM SPINNI

Date: 01-10-2008 | Total Images: 0

AS WORKERS LEAVE FOR HOME, THE ONLY THING THEY TAKE WITH THEM IS "HOPE" THAT LIFE WOULD BE BETTER ONE DAY.
MUMBAI MILLS FROM SPINNI
Photographer: Ashish Raje
Uploaded: 21-03-2009
RAJA RAM ADVIKAR, MAKES HIS LIVING BY SELLING NIGHTIES FOR WOMENS FROM LAST 2 YEAR. WITH NO ODD RAJARAM WITH ALL HIS EFFORT THROUGH OUT THE DAY COULD ONLY MANAGE AROUND 1500- 2000RS PER MONTH.
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THE DUSSERA POOJA AT THE MILL WAS ALWAYS SPECIAL. OWNERS SPENT LAVISHLY ON THE POOJA AS THE WORKERS WORSHIPPED THE MACHINES THAT BROUGHT WEALTH AND PROSPERITY. THE POMP IS NOT ANY MORE, BUT THE MANAGERS STILL ATTEND THE RITUAL THAT HAS LOT ALL ITS SHEEN.
MUMBAI MILLS FROM SPINNI
Photographer: Ashish Raje
Uploaded: 01-10-2008
MRS PAREKH AN ACCOUNTANT WITH NTC MILL PLAYS A LOCAL GAME, A FORM OF MUSICAL CHAIR.
MUMBAI MILLS FROM SPINNI
Photographer: Ashish Raje
Uploaded: 01-10-2008
THE CHINMEY OF ELPHISTONE MILL WHICH STOOD HEAD HIGH IS WORKED TO BE BOUGHT DOWN BY CONSTRUCTION LABOURS, THESE CHIMNEYS LOST ITS PRIDE TO THE SKYSCRAPPERS AROUND.
MUMBAI MILLS FROM SPINNI
Photographer: Ashish Raje
Uploaded: 01-10-2008
AN EMPLOYEE HAS A CLOSER LOOK AS HE CHERISHES HIS FOND MEMORIES OF WORKING ON THESE MACHINES LYING AS SCRAP.
MUMBAI MILLS FROM SPINNI
Photographer: Ashish Raje
Uploaded: 01-10-2008
JAGANNATH KAMBLE, WHO SERVED CENTURY MILL FOR 32 YEARS WAS ASKED TO TAKE A COMPULSARY VOLUNTEER RETIREMENT AFTER HE LOST HIS MIDDLE FINGER WHILE APPLYING GREASE TO A MACHINE.
MUMBAI MILLS FROM SPINNI
Photographer: Ashish Raje
Uploaded: 01-10-2008
A WORKER CARRIES OUT THE POOJA ALL ALONE. AT THE INDU DYEING PLANT. WHERE AS LATER (LATTER PICTURE) THE WORKERS TRY TO CHERISH THE OLDER DAYS BY ATTEMPTING TO CELEBRATE THE FUNCTION IN SAME SPIRIT.
MUMBAI MILLS FROM SPINNI
Photographer: Ashish Raje
Uploaded: 01-10-2008
JAYENDRA NAGVEKAR, DRESSED IN A PRIVATE SECURITY UNIFORM IS IN SEARCH OF A NEW JOB AT 48, JAYENDRA LOST HIS WIFE BECAUSE OF CANCER, LAST YEAR. HE SERVED EMPIRE DYEING MILL FOR 17YEARS AND ALL THAT HE IS LEFT TODAY IS WITH ANGUISH. SHIVAJI RAUT SEEN IN THE BACKGROUND IS NO DIFFERENT, SHIVAJI SERVED STANDARD MILL FOR 14YEAR AND IS NOW LEFT BEHIND WITH A JOB OF SECURITY PERSON WITH 2700RS TO BE SPENT ON A FAMILY OF 4. (DOWN IN THE PICTURE)RAJENDRA NAGVEKAR ELDER BROTHER TO JAYENDRA NAGVEKAR WORKS DOULE SHIFT (16 HOURS A DAY) TO EARN SOME EXTRA MONEY WHICH COULD HELP HIS FAMILY OF 5.AT EVERY SUNSET NAGVEKAR COMPLIANS OF BODYPAIN ONLY TO SEE THE MORNING LIGHT STANDING AS A GUARD TO A SKYSCRAPPER.
MUMBAI MILLS FROM SPINNI
Photographer: Ashish Raje
Uploaded: 01-10-2008
WORKERS FROM DIFFERENT MILLS INDULGE IN A TUG OF WAR COMPETITION, A PART OF G.D.AMBEKAR SMRITHI. IT"S A WEEK LONG CELEBRATION TO SHOW THE UNITY AND LOVE AMONGST THE WORKERS. THE CORE INTENTION OF FORMING RMMS BY G.D.AMBEKAR WAS TO BRING IN THE SENSE OF UNITY AMONG THE MILL WORKERS.
MUMBAI MILLS FROM SPINNI
Photographer: Ashish Raje
Uploaded: 01-10-2008
FIRE RAGES AT KHATAU MILL. AS THE WORKERS HAVE ALWAYS ALLEGED, THE MILLS THAT HAVE STOPPED FUNCTIONING ARE BOUND TO HAVE A FIRE WITH USUAL REASON OF SHORT CIRCUIT, WITH A UNANSWERED QUESTION FROM THE WORKERS "HOW COULD THERE BE A SHORT CIRCUIT WHEN THERE IS NO POWER SUPPLY FOR YEARS?"
MUMBAI MILLS FROM SPINNI
Photographer: Ashish Raje
Uploaded: 01-10-2008
KALA SHIVA CELEBRATES HOLI WITH HIS WIFE AT THEIR RESIDENCE, OUTSIDE SHRIRAM MILLS.
MUMBAI MILLS FROM SPINNI
Photographer: Ashish Raje
Uploaded: 01-10-2008
THREADS. THREADS.. THREADS… WAS THE CASE ONCE WHERE THERE WAS ENOUGH WORK, AS THEY NOW ARE LEFT WITH EMPTY GODOWNS AND TIRED WORKERS.
MUMBAI MILLS FROM SPINNI
Photographer: Ashish Raje
Uploaded: 01-10-2008
DESPAIR IS THE WORD… AND THAT IS WHAT CAN BE SEEN ON THE FACES OF THESE WORKERS.
MUMBAI MILLS FROM SPINNI
Photographer: Ashish Raje
Uploaded: 01-10-2008
IN 21ST CENTURY THE OWNERS OF THESE MILLS STILL USE THE OLDEST AND THE CHEAPEST MEANS OF TRANSPORT. A HUGE MACHINERY IS CARRIED ON A BULLOCK CART AS IT GETS SHIFTED, MAY BE TO A SCRAPYARD.
MUMBAI MILLS FROM SPINNI
Photographer: Ashish Raje
Uploaded: 01-10-2008
BANSRAJ KIYAJI JAISWAL A MIGRANT FROM UP (UTTAR PRADESH) A WORKER WITH UNITED MILLS 5, FROM LAST 32 YEARS, DISPLAYS RS1500, A BONUS AMOUNT WHICH IS PAID TO HIM EVERY YEAR, TO HIS DESPAIR ITS NOW FOR THIS YEAR DEDUCTED TO 92 RS AS HIS BONUS AND THE REST 1408 RS IS GIVEN AS A DOMESTIC LOAN WHICH WILL BE DEDUCTED IN MONTHLY DUES BY HIS SALARY.
MUMBAI MILLS FROM SPINNI
Photographer: Ashish Raje
Uploaded: 01-10-2008
SARITA MALI POSES WITH A HAND NUTTER, WHO MANAGED TO GRAB A JOB WITH THE HELP OF HER PATERNAL AUNT (IN BACKGROUND) AT THE UNITED MILLS 5, IS THE SOLE EARNER OF THE FAMILY WITH SOME FINANCIAL HELP FROM HER SISTER; SHE TAKES CARE OF THE FAMILY OF 4 WITH AN ILL FATHER, HOUSEHOLD MOTHER AND A YOUNGER BROTHER ENDURING HIS STUDIES.
MUMBAI MILLS FROM SPINNI
Photographer: Ashish Raje
Uploaded: 01-10-2008
A FAMILY DEDICATED TO MILLS IN MUMBAI. RAMCHANDRA HULE ALONG WITH HIS WIFE AND TWO SONS SERVED AT DIFFERENT MILLS IN MUMBAI CITY ON DIFFERENT POSITIONS. SURESH THE YOUNGER OF THE TWO LOOKS AFTER HIS PARENTS, THE FAMILY NOW STAYS IN A HALF BUILT STRUCTURE AS THEY ARE EVEN DENIED A HOUSE IN THE SRA ( SLUM REHABILITATION AUTHORITY) SCHEME.
MUMBAI MILLS FROM SPINNI
Photographer: Ashish Raje
Uploaded: 01-10-2008
GOPAL PADNEKAR 65, SERVED SRINIVAS MILL FOR 19 YEARS, NOW FIGHTS THE OWNERS AGAINST THE ILLEGAL CLOSURE OF MILL AND HELPS FAMILY IN SPARE TIME IN HOUSEHOLD DOMESTIC WORK. PADNEKAR LIVES IN A STUDIO (SIZE 10X15) WITH HIS WIFE AND 3 CHILDRENS.
MUMBAI MILLS FROM SPINNI
Photographer: Ashish Raje
Uploaded: 01-10-2008
G.S. TIWARI SERVES SRINIVAS MILL AS A GUARD SINCE 1966, AND STILL CONTINUES TO DO SO.
MUMBAI MILLS FROM SPINNI
Photographer: Ashish Raje
Uploaded: 01-10-2008
WE DREAM OF A HOUSE TO LIVE IN WHO NEEDS AMUSEMENT PARKS" IS WHAT THE CHILDENS OF THE WORKERS SEEM TO SAY, AS THEY JOIN THEIR PARENTS IN THE FIGHT FOR THE BASIC RIGHT, SHELTER.
MUMBAI MILLS FROM SPINNI
Photographer: Ashish Raje
Uploaded: 01-10-2008
AS WORKERS LEAVE FOR HOME, THE ONLY THING THEY TAKE WITH THEM IS "HOPE" THAT LIFE WOULD BE BETTER ONE DAY.
MUMBAI MILLS FROM SPINNI
Photographer: Ashish Raje
Uploaded: 01-10-2008
MANDA DOES EQUAL AMOUNT OF WORK TO HER COUNTERPART RAVINDRA AS THEY BOTH HAPPEN TO WORK AT THE SAME WINDING MACHINE, MANDA HAS A MASTERY OVER THE WORK AS SHE SERVED NEW INDIA TEXTILE FOR 27 YEARS AND THEN JOINED THE GOLD MOHAR MILL. THEY BOTH ARE OBLIVIOUS TO WHAT LIES BEFORE IN FUTURE.
MUMBAI MILLS FROM SPINNI
Photographer: Ashish Raje
Uploaded: 01-10-2008
RAJA RAM ADVIKAR, MAKES HIS LIVING BY SELLING NIGHTIES FOR WOMENS FROM LAST 2 YEAR. WITH NO ODD RAJARAM WITH ALL HIS EFFORT THROUGH OUT THE DAY COULD ONLY MANAGE AROUND 1500- 2000RS PER MONTH.
MUMBAI MILLS FROM SPINNI
Photographer: Ashish Raje
Uploaded: 01-10-2008
AMITABH BACHCHAN PROMISES "UMMEED SE DUGANA" (TWICE TO THE EXPECTATION) FROM THE BILL BOARD, HANGING ON THE KOHINOOR MILL"S WALL. THE MILL LAND WAS RECENTLY BOUGHT BY SHIV SENA LEADERS MANOHAR JOSHI AND RAJ THACKERAY FOR RS 423 CRORE. INTERESTINGLY, AS THE THEN CM, JOSHI HAD ASSURED THE MILL WORKERS IN 1996 THAT HE WON"T ALLOW THE SALE OF MILL LAND AT ALL. (LATER IN THE PICTURE) AS AMITABH BACHCHAN PROMISED THERE WOULD BE A GAIN TWICE OR SAY MORE…. BUT TO THE POLITICAL LEADERS WHO HAVE BOUGHT THE LAND. THE CONSTRUCTION WORK AT KOHINOOR MILLS CONTINUES WITH FULL GEAR, WITH IN NO TIME THERE WOULD BE SKYSCRAPPERS.
MUMBAI MILLS FROM SPINNI
Photographer: Ashish Raje
Uploaded: 01-10-2008
SWAN MILL CHIMNEY................ (LEFT) TURNS WARM FOR THE TREES TO HAVE A LIFE ON IT .. THE CHIMNEY AT STANDARD MILL (RIGHT) ONCE KNOWN AS A LAND MARK HAS LOST ITSELF WITH THE HIGH RISES AROUND. STANDARD MILL IS ONE OF THE FIRST FEW MILLS WHICH CLOSED.
MUMBAI MILLS FROM SPINNI
Photographer: Ashish Raje
Uploaded: 01-10-2008
NAMDEO PATIL (LEFT) AND SAKKARAM SAWANT TAKE A BREAK FROM THEIR ROUTINE WORK TO WATCH THE INAGURATION OF THE SPORTS WEEK IN THE HONOUR OF "G.D. AMBEDKAR SMRITHI" DAY. PATIL AND SAWANT BOTH WORK AS A CONTRACT WORKER WITH APPOLO MILL.
MUMBAI MILLS FROM SPINNI
Photographer: Ashish Raje
Uploaded: 01-10-2008
MILL WORKERS WATCHING INTERNAL LAY OUT PLAN OF THEIR HOMES AFTER BHOOMI POOJAN CEREMONY OF MILL WORKER"S COLONY AND TRANSIT TENEMENTS PROJECT AT NEW HIND MILL KALACHOWKY.
MUMBAI MILLS FROM SPINNI
Photographer: Ashish Raje
Uploaded: 01-10-2008
DEMOLITION WORK AT THE CLOSED DAWN MILLS IN LOWER PAREL WITH THE CHIMNEY OF THE UNITED MILL NO 1 SPEWING SMOKE THAT SAYS THAT IT IS STILL ALIVE AND KICKING.
MUMBAI MILLS FROM SPINNI
Photographer: Ashish Raje
Uploaded: 01-10-2008
A FAMILY DEDICATED TO MILLS IN MUMBAI. RAMCHANDRA HULE ALONG WITH HIS WIFE AND TWO SONS SERVED AT DIFFERENT MILLS IN MUMBAI CITY ON DIFFERENT POSITIONS. THE ONLY THING THAT CAN BE SEEN TODAY ON HULES FACE IS GLOOM, AS HE WAITS FOR SOME REMUNERATION FROM THE OWNERS HIS FAMILY LIVES ON HIS SON WHO DOES SOME PRIVATE JOB ON DAILY WAGES.
MUMBAI MILLS FROM SPINNI
Photographer: Ashish Raje
Uploaded: 01-10-2008
WORKERS AT THE UNITED MILL 1 ARE BUSY FIXING UP THE NEW MACHINES IN THEIR FACTORY WHICH ARE AS GOOD AS A SCRAP, BOUGHT FROM ANOTHER FACTORY WHICH SHUT ITS SHUTTER. THE ROUTINE WORK CONTINUES ON THE OTHER HAND.
MUMBAI MILLS FROM SPINNI
Photographer: Ashish Raje
Uploaded: 01-10-2008
THE SOCIETIES FORMED FOR THE WELFARE OF THE WORKERS PROVED TOBE THE BACKBONE FOR THEM, RAMESH KASHIRAM AT THE SHRINIVAS MILL, DISPLAYS HIS SALARY SLIP OF THE YEAR 1981 WHICH STANDS AS A PROOF FOR HIS TENURE AS A EMPLOYE AND THE ONLY DOCUMENT LEFT WITH HIM TO RECOVER THE MONEY FROM THE SOCIETY.
MUMBAI MILLS FROM SPINNI
Photographer: Ashish Raje
Uploaded: 01-10-2008
IS IT THE BEST AMONG THE WORST, AS THE CHIMNEY STAYS WITH ITS ORIGINALITY OR WORST BECAUSE IT HAS OLD MEMORIES TO CARRY FOR THE WORKERS? THE CHIMNEYS AT PHOENIX MILL WHICH IN ITS BETTER DAYS WERE USED TO THROW OUT SMOKE ARE NOW USED AS AN ADVERTISING POLE.
MUMBAI MILLS FROM SPINNI
Photographer: Ashish Raje
Uploaded: 01-10-2008
SRIDHAR NAR EARNS 1500 RS IN A MONTH BY SELLING TOILETRY PRODUCT AROUND GRIANGAUM. SRIDHAR WORKED FOR 33YEARS WITH MODERN MILL.
MUMBAI MILLS FROM SPINNI
Photographer: Ashish Raje
Uploaded: 01-10-2008