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he says hrs 7:00AM-4PM w/ 1 hr lunch break, year round (8 hrs); in winters no lunch break & instead start work at 8:00
[[left margin]] division of labor [[/left margin]]
Idris' work is to copy the patterns & distribute them to workers
Kramat buys raw mats & markets; then they distribute profits 50-50 between them
neither one does any farming
their father used to work as a tenant farmer;
[[strikethrough]] Kr. & Idris we [[strikethrough]] not [[/strikethrough]] now learn are not real brothers but 1st cousins
[[?Arain]] or peasant caste-
own no farm [[strikethrough]] howev [[/strikethrough]] land, however
normally commission agents come to village & buy if weather & hence road bad, Kr goes to Lahore to market them
he doesn't know where, "swhere on Mall Rd"
max. price for smaller 8000 & min 6500
he doesn't know about larger, because they are 
making their 1st
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KINGERWALI correct
actual cost to make smaller is 5500 [[strikethrough]], incl. raw mat., wages, etc.
no source or income other than carpet weaving
he doesn't know about loans
Kr. is a loanee, however
start of ind: Kr's learned carpet weaving from nearby village of Kot Jasing
he then taught Kr.
this was 9 yrs ago
br. has separate business, also in [[strikethrough]] Kingerwali 
((note Kr. told us 16 yrs. ago))
has electr.
[[left margin]] 2 [[/left margin]] Hakim Ali
loanee, 1 loan of 14,400 in Jly or Aug.
4 looms (had 20 before) -
he bought a piece of land & had to fight a case in the court; forced to sell most of his looms to meet his legal expenses
happed 5 yrs ago