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Sustaining over 50% burns, she survived, battling odds and stigma.Last week, the 40-year-old opened her provisions shop Nariloka (women’s world) near Lingarajapuram, east Bengaluru, with help of an NGO. BENGALURU: A burning lantern was thrown at her face nearly 18 years ago by her husband. The guild learnt about her from Pragya Singh, an acid-attack survivor who has been helping many like Anita. “Once a guest who had come to the house where I worked asked my employer: ‘Why have you hired her? “My mother left us when we were young and I had to stop going to school to look after my young brothers..