From 27 Sewing Machines to Factory Jobs, How Aarey’s Warli Women Are Stitching New Beginnings

While making my way to Mumbai’s Aarey Forest (the city’s last green lung), I take the Aqua Line underground metro corridor.  But throughout my ride, I can’t ignore the nagging feeling that this choice of transport is almost sacrilege, given that its construction sparked an uproar in 2019 when it threatened to displace 27 Warli Adivasi communities that have called the forest home since the 1950s.  But the metro is what will get me to my destination in the quickest time, and so I ignore the naggin

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