Zhubkabai feeding her grandson, Krishna
How Sorrow United This Aurangabad Family
Young Krishna’s mother died of sickle-cell anaemia within a week of his birth. This is his grandmother’s story
‘My daughter-in-law had sickle-cell anaemia. Doctors advised her to not get pregnant. But she insisted on delivering the baby. One day I sat her side, and asked her to think again about this decision, but she was reluctant. We continued with her decision’
There were pangs of sorrow and grief in Zhubkabai Maher’s voice as she continued her story about her daughter in law. Maher lives in a small town in Aurangabad district, Maharashtra.