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@anushree_fadnavis Rides with the Ladies on Mumbai’s City Trains

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Amid the megacity bustle of Mumbai’s commuter trains, Indian photojournalist Anushree Fadnavis (@anushree_fadnavis) finds an oasis of sisterhood. Known as “ladies compartments,” the gender-segregated train cars provide a refuge from the crush of rush-hour crowds and create a second home, on wheels, for the women of the city.

Passing the time together on the train, “women knit sweaters from start to finish. They peel and chop vegetables so that by the time they get home they are ready to cook,” says Anushree. “Some women change in the ladies compartment. Most, including myself, do their makeup while the train is running. And if you want to shop, then there are people who do business in the compartment, too, right from selling vegetables to accessories to clothes.” Anushree captures all this and more in her “Train Diaries” photo series, a subset of her many images documenting life in Mumbai.

“In this day-to-day travel, many relationships are forged,” says Anushree, adding that even the Hijras — transgender and transsexual women, who often move among the trains asking for money — are usually welcome. “I have laughed, cried, thrown a fist in anger at the crowd, yelled, danced (yes, women dance too in those small places), sang and lived almost all the emotions for a lifetime in here.”

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