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Why land means hope for India’s vulnerable single women
by Manipadma JenaWhen her husband died seven years ago, leaving her to fend for herself, 37-year-old Kuni Majhi survived hunger, illness, drunk men hammering at the flimsy tin door of her thatched hut – and very nearly lost all hope. Recently however, Majhi was offered a chance of a secure future – in the form of a small block of land complete with a brick house of her own.