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It's half past seven in the evening in the Tamba Kanta area of Malegaon, a marketplace located on the bank of the river Mausam that bisects the town. The Jama Masjid and Mahadeo Mandir, located next to each other on the opposite bank, cast a twinned shadow as the rhythmic click-clack of a thousand power looms slowly draws to a close. A large group of men, some dressed all in white with skull caps, others in crisp-looking shirts and trousers, make their way past winding lanes of shops to a small square in the centre of the market. By half past eight, the square is packed to capacity, so much so that even two-wheelers struggle to pass through. Here, in a space not more than 50 metres in length, the financial life of this power loom-dominated town kicks into gear. Conversations appear informal but a host of characters mill through the scene; the Hindu yarn broker who fixes prices to supply raw material to the Hindu trader who will then fix a price for the Muslim weaver, the Muslim cloth broker who advises manufacturers on setting a price and connects them to clients in the market, and the Hindu trader again who will buy finished products to sell to markets outside. Some conversations involve transactions worth crores of rupees, others are more trifling. The vibrant scene in Tamba Kanta seems immediately at odds with the outside perception of Malegaon a town frequently referred to as a "communal tinderbox" and which pops up in the headlines only when there is a riot or a blast. A tehsil in the Nashik district of Maharashtra, it made the news again this week, when nine Muslim men, seven of them from Malegaon, were finally discharged by a Mumbai court for being wrongfully accused in
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