Anjuman Ara, 34, of Bhalukiya Palang village in Ukhiya and her two children had to survive on stale rice and vegetables. Her life turned around when took up kitchen gardening work a couple of years ago.
Beli Ara’s (51) life had all hallmarks of tragedy. She had been acquainted with great grief from an early age from losing her mother, step mother’s torture and an eventual forced, early marriage with an elderly man.