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Odisha: Acid Attack Survivor Ties The Knot With Long-Time Friend

In a society where the face of a girl is given more importance for marriage, I could never dream of it: Pramodini Roul.

No, The Chhapaak Meme Isn’t ‘Dark Humour’ It Insults All Survivors

According to the National Crime Records Bureau data between 2014 and 2018, there have been 1,483 victims of acid attacks in the country. This when over the counter sale of acid was banned in 2013.

India Is Failing Acid Attack Survivors, Here Is The Data

The percentage of cases of acid attacks that the courts disposed, of all the cases that went for trial, was 6.6 percent in the year 2016 and 9.9 percent in 2017. But, in 2018, it again came down to 6.11 percent cases.

An Acid Attack Survivor’s Suffering Goes Beyond The Physical “Damage”

If the scarring of a beautiful face does leave more impact on us, then it says more about our obsession with feminine beauty than anything else. However, when a top-rated female director decides to bring the story of an acid attack survivor on screen, we do not want her to limit her gaze to resounding […]

What Do I Do With Awards When I Can’t Pay My Bills: Laxmi Agarwal

Acid attack survivor and activist Laxmi Agarwal is on the verge of being rendered homeless. She wants the society to know that merely giving medals and awards won’t help pay her bills. Agarwal, who was attacked with acid in 2005 by a jilted lover, has been advocating inclusion of acid attack survivors in mainstream society. […]

Pardoning Acid Attacker Because He Married The Survivor Is Misplaced

By pardoning the acid attack convict, who married the survivor the Bombay High Court seems to endorse alliance between attackers and survivors. As per a report in The Times Of India, the court pardoned Anil Patil, who was convicted in 2013, for flinging acid on a college girl and was sentenced to life imprisonment by a […]

Woman Blinded In Acid Attack Gets Engaged To Fiance

In 2009, 16-year-old Pramodini was attacked by Sontosh Vedanta, a paramilitary jawan with acid for turning down his marriage proposal. This incident blinded her forever. At that time, she was pursuing higher secondary in a college at Tirtol, Orissa. Nearly a decade later, Pramodini is all geared up to start a new chapter in her life. She […]

FB Post Raises Rs 16 Lakh For Acid Attack Survivor

A Facebook post for a woman in need raised Rs 16.5 lakh in just two hours. Mabiya Mandal is an acid attack survivor who left her husband five years ago after he attacked her. After the attack, she was rushed to DY Patil Hospital in Nerul in Navi Mumbai. Her condition was such that she […]