印度寡妇、离婚和单身女性的生活
<p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="rape">rape</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="murder">murder</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="student">student</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Delhi">Delhi</span> <span word="bus">bus</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2017 <span word="made">made</span> <span word="headlines">headlines</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="sparked">sparked</span> <span word="protests">protests</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="violence">violence</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="women">women</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="hazards">hazards</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="India">India</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="particularly">particularly</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="single">single</span> <span word="women">women</span> - <span word="who">who</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="often">often</span> <span word="unable">unable</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="live">live</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="normal">normal</span> <span word="life">life</span>.</p><p><span word="Wearing">Wearing</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="long">long</span>, <span word="bright">bright</span> <span word="yellow">yellow</span> <span word="frock">frock</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="well">well</span>-<span word="oiled">oiled</span> <span word="plaits">plaits</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="silently">silently</span> <span word="doing">doing</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="chores">chores</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="village">village</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="saw">saw</span> <span word="her">her</span>.</p><p><span word="For">For</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="moment">moment</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="Khuddo">Khuddo</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="teenage">teenage</span> <span word="domestic">domestic</span> <span word="help">help</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="girl">girl</span> <span word="cooking">cooking</span>, <span word="cleaning">cleaning</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="mopping">mopping</span>, <span word="just">just</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="millions">millions</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="homes">homes</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="India">India</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="teeming">teeming</span> <span word="cities">cities</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="villages">villages</span>.</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="turned">turned</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="flashed">flashed</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="shy">shy</span> <span word="smile">smile</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="saw">saw</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="face">face</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="older">older</span> <span word="woman">woman</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="then">then</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="discovered">discovered</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="creeping">creeping</span> <span word="sense">sense</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="shame">shame</span>, <span word="that">that</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="domestic">domestic</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="either">either</span>.</p><p><span word="Khuddo">Khuddo</span> <span word="lived">lived</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="vast">vast</span>, <span word="extended">extended</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="crowded">crowded</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="widowed">widowed</span> <span word="mother">mother</span>, <span word="aunts">aunts</span>, <span word="uncles">uncles</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="families">families</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="siblings">siblings</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="lived">lived</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="worked">worked</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="India">India</span>. <span word="Her">Her</span> <span word="father">father</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="passed">passed</span> <span word="away">away</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>.</p><p><span word="Khuddo">Khuddo</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="about">about</span> 50, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="single">single</span>. <span word="Even">Even</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="grew">grew</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="faded">faded</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="background">background</span>, <span word="immersing">immersing</span> <span word="herself">herself</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="drudgery">drudgery</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="dull">dull</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="backbreaking">backbreaking</span> <span word="chores">chores</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="contributed">contributed</span> <span word="nothing">nothing</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="thrumming">thrumming</span> <span word="noise">noise</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="family">family</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="their">their</span> "<span word="tragic">tragic</span> <span word="case">case</span>". "<span word="Sometimes">Sometimes</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="feels">feels</span>," <span word="a">a</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="member">member</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="me">me</span>, "<span word="she">she</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="exist">exist</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="all">all</span>."</p><p><span word="Why">Why</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="dress">dress</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="girl">girl</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="asked">asked</span> <span word="her">her</span>. <span word="Her">Her</span> <span word="mother">mother</span> <span word="answered">answered</span> <span word="instead">instead</span>.</p><p>"<span word="She">She</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="unmarried">unmarried</span>, <span word="so">so</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="look">look</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="dress">dress</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="woman">woman</span>."</p>
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