Old-Age Poverty

Asra enquiring about the well-being of an inmate of the old-age home run by a Hindu philanthropist in Karimnagar town.   | Photo Credit: K.M. Dayashankar Asrath Fathima serves inmates of a Hindu-run orphanage In one of the shining examples of communal harmony in the district, a Muslim woman is…

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