For 45-year-old Radha, the conductor who was in the bus that collided with a lorry on the Mirjaguda road, the Tandur–Hyderabad route was nothing new. Since 2010, she had followed the same rhythm — waking up before dawn, cooking for husband and two children, and heading out for her 4:40 a.m. shift. Monday was supposed to be no different, with two consecutive offs ahead.
By 4 a.m., she had packed lunch for herself and her niece Shravani in Langar Houz, something she did every week. Her son dropped her off at the Tandur bus depot, and when she realised she had forgotten her coat, he rushed back home to get
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