Why migration is killing babies in this Indian village

By Roli Srivastava Khoch, INDIA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As Soni Wadwi breastfed her one-year-old son, Sonu, outside her hut in Khoch village, western India, she recounted how he almost died from severe malnutrition four months ago. The family left the village in the Palghar district of Maharashtra state last year for work for several months as many do. Wadwi's son survived and made a full recovery but about 400 other children died from malnutrition-linked illnesses in Palghar between Apri