Lonely struggle of India's anti-nuclear protesters | Vidhi Doshi

Women are leading protests in Tamil Nadu state against a power plant - yet few people in India know the village they're from, let alone support their cause

Behind the Lourdes Matha church in Idinthakarai, a fishing village at the southern tip of India, five women have abandoned their chores to protest at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant. Today is day 1,754 of their relay hunger strike, which began when the plant was fuelled in 2011.

Celine, 73, is among the five protestors, who take it in turns to go without food. "Not a single government, not a single political party is willing to take up our cause," she says. "Only Mother Mary can save us now."