印度女孩拉克什米上學去了,但四年前她出世時擁有八肢,被村民當作是印度財富和肥沃女神的輪迴,每日尋求祝福和送禮物絡繹不絕。做了兩年艱辛的手術,終於將寄生的連體切去了。
圖:曾有8條肢體的小女孩,曾被尊奉為女神開始上學
Pictured: The little girl who had eight limbs and was worshipped as a deity starts school
By Mail Foreign Service
Last updated at 6:20 PM on 27th January 2010
勇敢:拉克什米穿著校服,並驕傲地用自己的兩隻腳站着,這月早些時候在她焦特布爾的家笑
As she was: Lakshmi as a baby, with her conjoined twin still attached
如她以往:拉克什米作為一個嬰兒時,她的連體雙胞還附住
爸爸的女孩:這一個月拉克什米和她的父親尚布在他們的家,拉克什米的父母仍然擔心她的未來,儘管手術成功