How one Indian textile worker copes with extreme heat in factory work and cramped living quarters
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Migrant worker Sibaram Pradhan works at a power loom factory that produces polyester cloth in Surat, India, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)Power loom factory worker Sibaram Pradhan gets ready to take a bath after a day's work at his residential quarters in Surat, India, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)Power loom factory worker Sibaram Pradhan takes a bath after a day's work at his residential quarters in Surat, India, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)Power loom factory worker Sibaram Pradhan eats dinner at a hotel at his residential quarters in Surat, India, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)Power loom factory worker Sibaram Pradhan, right, brushes his teeth as others bathe at their residential quarters in Surat, India, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)Migrant worker Sibaram Pradhan walks down a hallway after taking a bath at his residential quarters in Surat, India, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)Sibaram Pradhan, a power loom factory worker, hangs clothes for drying after taking a bath at his residential quarters in Surat, India, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)Power loom factory worker Sibaram Pradhan prays before going to work at his residential quarters in Surat, India, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)Sibaram Pradhan, a power loom factory worker, makes a video call to his family at his residential quarters in Surat, India, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)Power loom factory worker Sibaram Pradhan walks to work from his residential quarters in Surat, India, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)Power loom factory workers cycle to work in Surat, India, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)Power loom factory worker Sibaram Pradhan takes a tea from a stall near the factory where he works in Surat, India, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)Sibaram Pradhan works at a power loom factory that produces polyester cloth at Anjani Industrial Estate in Surat, India, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)Seemanchal Sahu drinks water as he works at a power loom factory in Surat, India, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
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Migrant worker Sibaram Pradhan works at a power loom factory that produces polyester cloth in Surat, India, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)