Of late, tough lot has been the only companion of 78-year-old Tara Palicha. Marooned years ago by her once-wealthy family, she was eventually forced to live out of Kalyan railway station, from where she was brought back to more wholesome environs by a group of good Samaritans in October 2011. Recently, she was operated for cataract in one of her eyes, but now she is losing vision in both the eyes. She has also been diagnosed with facial palsy. Her family hasn’t called on her yet.

No quarter for old women: Tara Palicha after she underwent a surgery at Sridevi hospital in Thane last November. File pic u00a0