The man in his old age, an ex-mill worker, has paralysis and so lies on the bed all the time in a small Chawl Room. His wife survives by working as a housemaid. The glorious days of mills has finished with the great strike happened 25 ...See moreThe man in his old age, an ex-mill worker, has paralysis and so lies on the bed all the time in a small Chawl Room. His wife survives by working as a housemaid. The glorious days of mills has finished with the great strike happened 25 years before which had killed 'Lal Bavta' (lefties) movement. The prosperous past life benefited from mill work is still lingers in this couple's mind. Old culture of Chawls (row house) in Mumbai has been destroyed and the newly born Tower culture has been piled on it, as if a huge monster trying to curb the smaller ones. They are living with great hopelessness. Their fight and struggle still goes on.
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