India: The Test Three Prime Ministers Failed

From: Women's Feature Service | Date: August 28, 2002| Author: Anonymous | Copyright information

Bhubaneshwar, (WFS) - Phanus Punji is the village woman from Orissa whom three prime ministers failed to rescue from abject poverty. Phanus - and her village, Amlapalli in Kalahandi district (now in Nuapada) - hit the national newspapers way back in 1984 when she allegedly sold her 14-year-old sister-in-law Bonita for Rs 40 and a sari, to feed her family.

Promises of help to Phanus figured in speeches delivered by Rajiv Gandhi, Chandra Shekhar and H D Deve Gowda when each visited the ...

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