Travel + Leisure India & South Asia

A Clean Break

Medha Garud tells me, a woman and her husband eat brunch in their kitchen, looking out their window, watching their neighbour do laundry. And each week the woman says the same thing to her husband, “What is wrong with our neighbour? She does not know how to wash her clothes properly. She puts them in soapy water, but still they come out dirty—you can see the grime from here!” Then one Sunday, the woman sees something amazing: her neighbour’s clothes are clean at last. “Maybe someone taught her how to use good detergent!” the woman says. “No, honey”, the husband

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