Would you believe that in 2008 at the Junior Nationals, Khushbir completed her race barefoot, not by choice, but because they could not afford walking shoes?
Indian women, in particular, have a high risk of developing type 2 diabetes from their pre-diabetic stage. Did you know that this progression from pre-diabetes to type 2 can be related to a simple lack of Vitamin D?
“It was also one way by which my students could connect with the world outside the school boundaries. Sensitising them to the plight of the kids outside was also something that I wanted to do.”
Purposefully kept out of the dairy business because of their social position, Dalit women often represent some of the most oppressed individuals in the country.