My children implored with my husband�s killers to let him go. When they set him on fire, they kept saying �Oh God, punish these people!� I kept crying. But they didn�t listen and set him on fire. He was left dead on the doorstep, half-burnt.

There was no dignity in death. I went door to door in my neighbourhood to raise money and gave him a proper cremation. Then I left my home. Forever.

I don�t blame Indira Gandhi for what has happened to us. But the Congress Party let us down.