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India elections: the widows of Manipur

The Indian elections are the world’s biggest – but, not everyone feels part of it. Hundreds of young widows in the north-eastern state of Manipur allege their husbands were killed by security forces in extra-judicial killings. The army describes them as separatist insurgents. The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Divya Arya has been to meet some of them.

(Photo: Indian women from Manipur protest in New Delhi. Photo: MANPREET ROMANA/AFP/Getty Images)

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