Girl Child

Palghar, an underdeveloped tribal village from Maharashtra, is breaking age-old traditions and saying no to child marriage.

Four special-needs girls have overcome great odds and difficult circumstances to represent India at the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Austria, and win medals too. Barnali Das finds out more about these intrepid sportswomen.

Sometimes, great adversity can change lives and inspire people to better themselves. Sandhya is a 25-year-old who overcame personal tragedy to emerge stronger and inspire others around her with her grit and determination.

A miracle has taken place in Rapar district, one of the most backward areas of the Kutch region in Gujarat. The cleft surgery of three-year-old Hansa has brought back smiles to not only the little girl. but also her parents.

Poetry and art can be used as a great medium for encouraging thought and progress. A 24-year-old Bangalore poet, Aparna Agarwal, explores that side through her new poem about women’s rights.

Paralysis after an accident can be a difficult reality to accept, especially for active individuals. However, Nancy, a young girl, refused to accept her paralysis as a final diagnosis, eventually regaining movement through sheer determination and will.

Being forced to support her family’s meagre income with a job at an early age has not stopped 19-year-old Vaishnavi Kathelkar from pursuing her dreams and ambitions.

In this digital age, it is possible for talent to receive due recognition by using social media platforms appropriately. Two sisters have done just that by creating a Facebook page for their mother’s beautiful artworks.

Access to water and other facilities continues to be a problem for many parts of rural India. Recognising the need for a solution, three girls got together to help bring water access to their village through the construction of a borewell.

This engineer was once a farm labourer and belongs to a village where daughters are considered a curse. But his 6 daughters are excelling in various fields, right from politics to law enforcement, and a son is an engineer-turned-farmer with a turnover of crores.