Birubala Rabha

You may not have heard about Padma Shri recipients like Trinity Saioo, Lakhimi Baruah, Hanjabam Radhe Devi, Birubala Rabha and Pi B. Sangkhumi, but these inspirational women from the Northeast deserve your respect.

The excerpt from the book 'My Half Of The Sky’ by Indrani Raimedhi talks about Birubala Rabha who has been crusading against witch-hunting for several years now. She went door-to-door to spread awareness about the cause and became architect of the country’s most stringent laws against witch-hunting recently enacted by Assam.

Birubala Rabha has been tirelessly fighting the cause of witch-hunting since the 1980s and is now a household name in Assam. Recently, she won the prestigious Upendra Nath Brahma Soldier of Humanity in Kokrajhar.