Remember Dana Majhi? May be not by his name, but his image will be familiar. Because he was one of the characters in an image that shook the consciousness of India last year.
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Majhi was the unfortunate man who was forced to carry his dead wife for nearly 12 km as he had no money for a hearse van and the district hospital authorities allegedly refused to arrange one.
Thanks to the generous donations Majhi now has Rs 37 lakh in his accounts and his three daughters including the eldest, Chandini, who was with him when he had to carry his wife, Amanga Dei's corpse on his shoulder exactly a year ago, now study at a tribal school in Bhubaneswar.
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That is not just what has changed for the 49 year old tribal from Kalahandi. The state government allotted him a house under the Indira Awas Yojana, Bahrain Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa presented him a cheque for Rs 9 lakh and he got a five-year term fixed deposit for an undisclosed amount from Sulabh International.
"My life has changed for good since that episode. My children are getting education, government and various social organisations have helped me in various ways," Manji told The Telegraph.?
A year since the death of his wife Majhi is once again a married man. Earlier this year he tied knot for the third time.
But all's not well in his family. His three daughters are yet to come to terms with his new wife.
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"Since my father got married, his visits to us (Bhubaneswar) have become infrequent. Our new mother does not talk to us at all," Manji's eldest daughter Chandni told The Telegraph.
The girls who say that the lose of their mother have made them closer is not angry at their father for marrying again.
"We want him to be happy and meet us regularly," Chandini said.