Hema Malini's Vrinadavan widows

September 22, 2014 11:32

In drawing attention to the plight of the widows of Vrindavan, the BJP's Member of Parliament from Mathura, Hema Malini, got hold of the wrong end of the stick.

Many of the Vrindavan widows are without any means of sustenance, and forced to beg to supplement their meagre earnings from singing bhajans.

But the solution thought up by the actor-turned-politician was for the widows to go to temples in their home-States, and not take the train to Mathura. Read

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