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Before

A mother 37 year of age, raises her seven children singlehandedly, after losing her husband, pushes them to pursue their education and inspires them to grow up as strong individuals. Sounds like a common story?

Now situate this story in a context and in a society where a woman’s identity is carved around her husband after her marriage. This is not just in India but the whole of South Asia and many parts of Africa and other parts of the world have been following blind rules of ostracizing widows since time immemorial.

After 
A 37-year-old mother raises her seven children singlehandedly, after losing her husband, pushing them to pursue their education and inspiring them to grow up as strong individuals. Sounds familiar?
In places where a woman’s life revolves solely around her husband after her marriage like in India, the whole of South Asia, many parts of Africa and the world, it is not uncommon for widows to summon their inner strength to face social ostracism and bear emotional losses alone.

Notes
  • Since losing is used in the gerund form, (- ing form) , I've changed 'pushes' to 'pushing' and 'inspires' to inspiring to  match that.
  • I've changed the word 'common' to 'familiar' since common sounds derogatory.
  • Don't use cliches like 'time immemorial', 'carve an identity' etc.
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