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DESPERATE MEASURES: 10-year-old Sonali has a foot tautly tied up to cart with a cord while her father goes to work.

DESPERATE MEASURES: 10-year-old Sonali has a foot tautly tied up to cart with a cord while her father goes to work.

Tied to a cart: plight of a mentally challenged girl

The story of 10-year-old girl from Sangli is a telling story of the plight of mentally handicapped people in India. Eyes vacant, hands not even attempting to swat the flies that sit on her, not an article of clothing on her frail body and a foot tied up tautly with a cord to a cart — Sonali spends the whole day in this manner while her father Arun goes to work.

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