10/28/2023 0 Comments E loksatta marathi news paper puneSapkal was married off at age 12 to Shrihari Sapkal, who was 20 years older than her, and moved to Nawargaon, Seloo in Wardha. Abject poverty, family responsibilities and childhood marriage to an older man forced her to quit formal education after she successfully passed the fourth standard. Being an unwanted child, she was referred to as Chindhi (Marathi for "piece of rag"). Sapkal was born on 14 November 1948, in Pimpri Meghe in Wardha district in the then Central Provinces and Berar of Dominion of India to Abhimanyu Sathe, a cowherder. She was awarded the Padma Shri in 2021 in the Social Work category. Sindhu Shrihari Sapkal (14 November 1948 – 4 January 2022) ( pronunciation ⓘ), affectionately called Sindhutai, was an Indian social worker and social activist known particularly for her work in raising orphaned children in India.
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