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STEPMOTHER

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If you search for the definition of a mother, Wikipedia says: “Mothers are women who inhabit or perform the role of bearing some relation to their children, who may or may not be their biological offsprings” A woman becomes a mother when she gives birth to a child and becomes a stepmother when she raises somebody else's child. Here, this little girl in the picture lost her mother when she was four. Her father got married to another woman who now has the responsibility to raise her, who now is her 'stepmother’. She has a story that will send cold creeps down your bones. She is Nisha, my neighbor, about ten years of age. She asked me if I could teach her mathematics, so I asked her to come home after school time. Are you wondering about the brown colored patch on her face? it's neither allergy nor an infection, they are the burns given to her by her stepmother. Now wondering why? Heh, nothing much, she just asked for mere five rupees before going t