The widows who now work the same jobs that killed their husbands

Widows in Rajasthan, India.

Suhail Bhat / Business Insider

• A deadly disease called silicosis is killing many workers in sandstone mines in India.
• In a village in the state of Rajasthan, 20 widows work in the same deadly mines to pay off debt.
• Business Insider spoke with some of these widows, including Bimla, Sapna, and Radha Bai.

Bimla is in her late 20s and already a widow. She breaks sandstone in a quarry in the Indian state of Rajasthan, shaping tiles from...