A Kambha village resident, Bhanwari Devi's husband, Sher Singh worked in a hotel in Belgaum, Karnataka. He had left for Karantaka as a young boy. He died of AIDS 9 years ago when he was in the prime of his life, leaving behind a 19-year-old widow and two children. Forgotten and neglected, nobody realised that Bhanwari too was infected with the virus. She learned she was positive almost 8 years after his death.