The Plight of a Deserted Mother and her Mentally Ill Son
The story of 70 year old Rajathi Ammal will move even the stone hearted. Despite having six children, today she lives a life of loneliness and her state is one of helplessness. Having already lost her husband, she is neglected by her five children because their mother chose to care for her youngest child, a mentally ill boy. Blame it on the social taboo of a household with a mentally affected child or the care not attitude of her own children? It's difficult to pin it on one reason or the other. Until the pandemic struck in March 2020, for years Rajathi Ammal had found a way to make a living for herself and her son. Every day she would...