from the International Monetary Fund
Radhika Baburao Shinde was all of 12 years old when she was married off to a man who was 10 years older. She was sent away to live with her new husband, a truck driver, and his family in remote, drought-prone Satara district, 330 kilometers southwest of Mumbai. She left school and went to work as a laborer on her husband’s family farm.
When Shinde had children of her own - a daughter and two sons - she wanted them to have a better life. In villages across Ind