
Abandoned, and then...
A few years ago, Sarada was found in an unimaginable state on the main road where her son left her, just outside some public toilets. Since she couldn’t walk, he carried her down the steps of their bus and dumped her, promising he would come back. He never did. With ants and flies crawling all over her body, Sarada was barely conscious when the Om Shanthi Project administrator found her about two weeks later. She smelled terrible and was near death.
Arriving at the Om Shanthi Home, Sarada was so malnourished she was unable to stand up, couldn’t sleep in a bed and was unable to get to the bathroom in time to relieve herself. The other widows in the Home rejected her.