India's employee hostels are often like prisons – but young women garment workers don't always see it that way
- Written by Andrew Crane, Professor of Business and Society, University of Bath
Kavitha, 18, earns a living at a clothing factory in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Like many of her colleagues, she lives in accommodation provided by the factory, where she shares a dimly lit hostel room with 16 other women.
The rooms in these hostels have little in the way of home comforts – there are no fans or air conditioning...
