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Blast affects vegetable vendor’s hearing

Hindustan Times | By, Mumbai
Jul 15, 2011 02:00 AM IST

Bhimabai Palave, a vegetable vendor from Dadar, is worried she will never again hear her customers try to bargain with her.

Bhimabai Palave, a vegetable vendor from Dadar, is worried she will never again hear her customers try to bargain with her.

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Palave, who was seated barely 100 metres from the spot of the blast, is barely able to hear now. “When the explosion took place, I felt as if someone had punched my ears,” she said. “I was numbed by the deafening sound and just ran away from the place.”

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Palave is otherwise uninjured, and doctors are treating her for the hearing loss. Lying on a bed at KEM hospital, Palave is anxious. Her husband, who is recuperating from a surgery, cannot work for a while, and her two sons have moved out of her home. “I am the only breadwinner,” she said.

Palave, who sells vegetables brought from Kalyan, works from 3 pm to 10 pm every day. “Will I be able to earn? Will I be able to carry vegetables like I used to before the blast? What about my medical costs; who will pay the bill? What did the terrorists gain by targeting me?” she asks anyone who stops by her bed to speak to her.

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    Naresh is a Special Correspondent with Hindustan Times, Mumbai, since 2005. He covers the real estate sector, in addition to doing political reportage.

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