![]() ![]() Thankfully, because of the tall broom, she doesn’t have to bend too much. They get fatigued when sweeping for long periods of time,” she says. “You have to flex the shoulder and your arms ever so often to relive the strain. ![]() Thorthu will protect me from the heat and absorb sweat too,” explains Thankamma as she pauses to flex her shoulders. I have already swept clean the by-lane adjacent to Mascot Hotel,” says Thankamma who is dressed in a regulation dark blue sari and green blouse, her grey hair tied back into a neat bun and her enormous nose ring flashing. Today, I’m substituting for a colleague who is on leave and have been working since 4.30 a.m. I usually sweep the area around Cliff House. ![]() Thankamma Velamma, a sweeper with the city Corporation, attached to the Nanthancode ward, briskly sweeps up copious amounts of litter into neat piles. There is a refreshing nip in the air and the only sound to be heard on a deserted stretch of a road near Museum junction is the rhythmic swish of a broom. It’s almost six in the morning and the day is just waking up to the first rays of the sun. ![]()
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