The Other India, I: The Weavers of Varanasi

'In Nakhighat, as in other conservative areas in Varanasi, girls are married off as young as 15 and quickly become pregnant. When an undernourished girl gets pregnant, she may lose her child, or even die in childbirth. When she does give birth, it is to an undernourished, underweight child with a low level of immunity.'

My first piece for The Other India on The New York Times' India site, continues here. 

Photo: Ganta Devi, whose son Krishna died of Grade 4 malnutrition – the most severe classification. He was a year old.
Credit: Sonia Faleiro

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