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Your laundry basket sits in the dampest room of the house. That is why your clothes come out of it smelling worse than they went in.
Your handkerchief touches your face more than anything you own. Here is why it goes bad so fast in Patna, and how to wash it properly.
Rangoli powder is ground stone and dye. Here is how to get it out of your Diwali clothes in Patna without spreading the colour.
Open zips, blouse hooks and velcro snag everything in the wash. Close them first, especially now that sweaters are coming out in Patna.
Chlorine bleach turns terricot and polyester shirts yellow for good. Here is what it really does, and the safer way to keep whites white.
The cloth bag you carry to the mandi holds fish, soil and spilled milk every week. Here is how to keep it clean in Patna.
A drop of litti ghee looks like water, survives a bucket wash and turns yellow in the almirah. Here is how to lift it the same evening.
Patna dries its innerwear under towels and on bathroom hooks. Here is what that damp does to your skin, and how to dry it privately in the sun.
Why a single forgotten tissue covers a whole wash in white flecks, how to get it off without rewashing, and the ten-second habit that prevents it.
Your winter muffler touches your face, hair oil and breath every day. Here is why it smells and how to wash wool without ruining it.
