Stronger together: Nirmala with Padmini (left) and Yuvenesha on her lap at their home in Klang.
KLANG: She is only 30 years of age but the hardship faced by M. Nirmala Devi is simply unimaginable.
The single mother of three daughters – Padmini, eight, Saraswathy, seven, and Yuvenesha, five – lives from hand to mouth and struggles to make ends meet every month.
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