Certificate se ghar nahin chalta, Manju Devi says brusquely. She is not given to idle talk. Not with the burden she is carrying on her shoulders. A single mother with three children, Devi, 43, works as a ‘coolie’ at the Jaipur railway station, and was once celebrated by the state government as a symbol of resilience and empowerment. All she got was a trophy and a certificate when she needed financial aid—the reason for the curt response, “Can’t run my house with a certificate”.