A pet has come to haunt a woman in the unlikeliest of ways. The illiterate grandmother, 75, has been running from pillar to post, ever since she found out that his name has been added on their ration card as her third 'son'. She was unaware of the mistake for years, until approaching the authorities to seek financial help from government schemes.

Yashodabai Shankar Vichare, a resident of Tarde village in Haveli Taluka, Pune district, got her family's ration card on October 25, 1999. Her husband died five years later and she raised their two sons alone. But, three years ago, they threw her out of the house and she began living near a temple. She survives on meals given by locals or goes to her relatives.