Amy Toensing

Personal Projects: Widows of India

Usha Pal wraps herself in a sari after bathing with a bucket of water. Usha has been a widow for over 20 years. She came to Vrindaven to live in an ashram and survive by praying and singing in the Hindu temples, where if she prays all day she will make six rupees, equaling about seven cents a day.
Usha Pal wraps herself in a sari after bathing with a bucket of water. Usha has been a widow for over 20 years. She came to Vrindaven to live in an ashram and survive by praying and singing in the Hindu temples, where if she prays all day she will make six rupees, equaling about seven cents a day.