Toiletries sit in the niche of a shed where women from the Upadhyay family sleep while menstruating: Vicks VapoRub for Nirmala Upadhyay’s headaches and a cracked mirror and face cream that belong to her 14-year-old niece. In 2016, family member Dambara Upadhyay died while sleeping in a shed that the family subsequently tore down — and then replaced.

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Toiletries sit in the niche of a shed where women from the Upadhyay family sleep while menstruating: Vicks VapoRub for Nirmala Upadhyay’s headaches and a cracked mirror and face cream that belong to her 14-year-old niece. In 2016, family member Dambara Upadhyay died while sleeping in a shed that the family subsequently tore down — and then repla