Manveen Kaur | | Published 17.06.21, 01:12 AM
Aaji, 69 years old, leaned over my doctor’s desk to elaborate on why she visits the clinic alone. She had four sons, two daughters, and one goat. The sons would rotate her amongst themselves, irritated and unwilling to keep her. The daughters’ houses were forbidden territory. Therefore, she turned to the goat, sold it for Rs 6,000, paid Rs 5,000 as bribe at the
tehsil office, and got a monthly pension of Rs 600 started. She now stays where her husband used to work as a labourer.
Aaji is not alone in her plight.
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