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In the cast-off town of Panipat in North India, the history of fabric is fused with that of its migrants. With everyday images from in and around the harrowing industrial wasteland on a single winter day, the film essay ruminates on the memory of clothes and the desires of women who work all day in the ultraviolet lights longing for sunshine.
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