Pursuits
Wed for Wombs, Polio Wives Show India Fails Its Weakest
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From a distance, Kausalya Devi looks like most rural housewives in India -- she is squatting on the ground, bent intently over dirty vessels.
As you come closer, you see the 20-year-old can’t do much more than crouch: her legs are short, limp appendages, crippled by childhood polio.