Sitting on the floor of her hut, Ramzanbi has to decide which of her two children she can afford to feed. Since her husband lost his power-loom job in Bhiwandi, Maharashtra, she has run out of cash and is faced with a choice no parent should have to make.
Five months after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the withdrawal of high-value currency notes in order to rein in corruption, the funding of terrorism and counterfeiting, the plight of workers, especially women, in the unorganized sector who reside in slums has deteriorated rapidly.
