ODISHA, India: Twenty-year-old Bijay Lakshmi was a demure and shy girl when she got married barely a year ago with so many dreams in her eyes, but had to grow into a woman soon as she became mother to a daughter in April. For past couple of weeks, Bijay Lakshmi was not keeping well and her 27-year-old husb
ODISHA, India: Twenty-year-old Bijay Lakshmi was a demure and shy girl when she got married barely a year ago with so many dreams in her eyes, but had to grow into a woman soon as she became mother to a daughter in April.
On Monday she sat stunned, with tears rolling down her cheeks, as she waited to complete formalities before receiving compensation money for her husband's untimely death.
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