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Amy Toensing

In a shelter in Vrindavan, known as a “city of widows,” Lalita, right, bears the cropped hair and white wrap her culture once considered obligatory for widowhood. Shelter manager Ranjana, a much younger widow, is less constrained by traditional customs. The death of a husband can mean exile and abuse, but bereaved women are beginning to fight back.

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