vadodara she was in a state of shock after losing her husband to illness and when she was hoping for some sympathy the inlaws instead forced rekha name changed to bear the cost of the last rites of her husband not only that she was also asked to conduct the rituals elaborately by incurring a good deal of money however when rekha who works as a household help expressed her inability to spend so much money the inlaws threatened to throw her out of the house at this juncture rekha sought help from 181 abhayam who came to her rescue according to abhayam officials the distraught 30something mother of a young child was at tethers end over the whole situation we met her inlaws and counselled them her husband recently died of illness and their financial condition was in poor shape but when pressured by her inlaws to organize elaborate rituals she expressed her inability but was threatened to be thrown out of their house said abhayam officials after we talked to them the inlaws were finally convinced by our counselling to support their daughterinlaw and also agreed to bear the expenses of their sons last rituals the officials added