A 7 year old girl was murdered in Kolkata, and the culprit in whose house her body was found has allegedly confessed it was a 'sacrifice' as he wanted a child!

As if physical crimes were not enough, every girl child is a victim of psychological crime done to her while teaching her gender roles.

When people picked my dadi to place her on the floor, the sheet on why she lay tore. The caretaker came to me and said, ‘Just because you touched her, one of the men carrying her lost his balance.’

“Women and girls’ accomplishments and achievements are often invisibilized in our society. But once you give them the platform to tap into their potential, they are unstoppable” - Kunalika, Associate - Youth Engagement & Impact, Girl Up India.

My MIL must be pleased with the image her family is presenting in the minds of her relatives - her fair DIL, and her grandson standing by her side. I, the wheatish DIL with two daughters, don't count.