It's been a difficult six months for 36-year-old Wasim Akhtar. For 15 years, he made his livelihood working in a powerloom in Mumbai's neighbouring Bhiwandi area. But in November, the economic upheaval that followed demonetisation cost Mr Akhtar his job. Unable to sustain himself, Mr Akhtar went back to his hometown Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh. For the next five months, he continued to struggle. Now Mr Akhtar has once again returned to the powerlooms of Bhiwandi.
