Solace and sisterhood: the Indian holy city where ostracised widows find a new home – in pictures

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These pictures of Shovha Dashi show her as a young woman. Dashi, 60, originally from north Kolkata, was orphaned young, and then lost her elderly adoptive parents too. Introduced to the theatre at an early age, she worked with notable Bengali actors including Kali Banerjee, Supriya Chatterjee and Ranjit Mallick. Dashi chose a single life dedicated to her art. Though not a widow, she found her way to Vrindavan seeking solace and spirituality, as she had no family to support her in her older years

Pictures on a pinboard showing a woman, Shovha Dashi, an actor, at various stages of her life
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