“My wife (Sharada) and I are tailors. We work at home to stitch or alter clothes for people in the neighborhood, and then go to a readymade store nearby where we do the same thing all day. I get paid about Rs. 2000/week. She gets less than I do, even if we work the same number of hours. It is a gender issue. With this money, we raise our two children, Rahul and Rajeshwari. Our family means the world to us. It has not been easy, and not because of the wages.Rajeshwari was born with a hole in her heart or so we were told. We realized when she was a toddler. She had trouble breathing. The doctor said she needed a surgery, and we had to beg for the money required to fund it. After the surgery, she continued having trouble. I went to so many hospitals, everyone said she was fine. Recently, I discovered that she is far from fine.10 years old, Rajeshwari began having shortness of breath. The school is just a few houses down from our house. Still, she could not walk. She started coughing a
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