This unassuming couple is a victim of regressive practices that still haunt the rural areas of Odisha. This tribal family has reportedly been ostracized in Purunapani village under Ghasipura police limits of Keonjhar district.
Their fault – they went to the hospital in an ambulance after their childbirth, which according to the villagers, made the village road impure. The villagers then asked the family to provide some materials to perform puja for purification. When the couple, denied, they were allegedly ostracized.