Sorry plight of India farm widows (BBC)
"Mr Kelkar [a cotton farmer who hung himself out of despair over debt] had often talked farmers out of taking their lives in the state's cotton growing belt of Vidarbha where, on average, one farmer commits suicide every eight hours.
"In other words, three women become widows here every day.
"Mr Kelkar's wife, Indira, is now one of them.
"She is left with the mammoth responsibility of paying off his debt while looking after their four children."
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