Five years ago, Nerul resident Mabiya Mandal's world collapsed in an instant while she was sleeping, following a gruesome acid attack by her husband. However, she found support from several quarters in the form of contributions from well-wishers and a local hospital that has treated her free of cost ever since. Now, a social media post raised Rs 16.5 lakh in just two hours, money which will provide her and her daughter with a future.
We, mostly, talk of the ill-effects of social media - but this is a story of how help poured in because of the post on FaceBook. There are many such stories. How well we use the social media is for us to decide.....
Read more of this in a report by Indira Rodericks published in Times of India....
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