The Hindu·3 min read·medium
Pre-poll promises, post-poll precarity
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Radheshyam Jadhav
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The article profiles Manisha Jadhav, a farm widow in Maharashtra, to illustrate the systemic struggles and social precarity faced by women in rural India. Her story highlights the intersection of economic hardship, gender-based discrimination, and the lack of institutional support for widows.
In Kherda village of Maharashtra’s Dharashiv district in the Marathwada region, Manisha Jadhav limps into a low-ceiling meeting hall that can barely accommodate 20 people. She favours the leg she injured while working in her soya bean field a few days earlier.
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