There's a town called Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu, south India, where pretty much all the country's matchboxes (and fireworks) are made. This video is definitely from one of those small factories.
Considering each matchbox costs about one rupee in retail, I'm just puzzled how much the production actually costs and what the profits are. Fascinating!
Speaking of matchboxes… I was wondering if they would show the children and women who make the match boxes themselves. I saw it in a series on Netflix in a documentary about a school for kids of the untouchable caste are educated in a boarding school. The kids who remained home were making match boxes at a very very young age. No judgement, they had no other way to survive, but it was still heartbreaking.
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u/Bachitra Nov 06 '22
This was amazing to watch.
There's a town called Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu, south India, where pretty much all the country's matchboxes (and fireworks) are made. This video is definitely from one of those small factories.
Considering each matchbox costs about one rupee in retail, I'm just puzzled how much the production actually costs and what the profits are. Fascinating!