Backed“I am bedridden. There’s no one to help us. My siblings are poor too. I feel sad inside.”
Iyirangani is bedridden after a heart attack, raising her grade-12 son on 5,000 rupees a month. Food is tight and she can’t cover all his tuition, but she hides her worry from him and hopes he’ll finish school and have a government job that will give him a steady future.