Many men in India ask similar questions of their wives when they give birth to only girls and they have faulty information regarding faith and fertility issues.

Sunil* developed a brain tumor and died within four months.  This left his grieving wife and three young children alone.

Born in Nepal, Sheela’s father deserted the family, and her mother couldn’t handle her emotional issues, the care of her other children, and the special care needed for Sheela. She desperately needed Mukti’s intervention.

Her mother-in-law routinely harassed Shantel. She arranged for her to do day labor on a farm and then come home to perform multiple tasks that she never seemed to accomplish to her mother-in-law’s desires, which resulted in Shantel being physically abused.

Each resident of the Pandita Ramabai Mukti Mission is unique and special in God’s eyes. The stories may sound similar but each is individual – except when the story is doubled as in Usha* and Neela’s* stories.