In the dimly lit ground floor of his small house in northeast Delhi’s Mustafabad, Babu Khan sits hunched in a plastic chair as the air fills with the rhythmic clicking of sewing machines operated by his wife and daughter.
Together, on a good day, they earn up to 500 rupees (£4.25) but on some days, nothing. The family’s monthly income rarely touches 7,000 rupees (£60.50).
