Poor policies blamed as India reels from drought, hardship

SHAHAPUR, India (AP) — Shantabai Babulkar’s day begins before dawn with a 5-kilometer (3-mile) trek across barren fields and dusty scrubland to fetch water from a distant well. She balances two metal pots of muddy water atop her head, and carries a third in the crook of her arm — the only water she and […]