Acid Attack 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.
“You burned my face, but not my will to live. You cannot throw acid on that” says acid attack survivor Dolly
The movie is an attempt to help people understand why it is illogical and dangerous to relate a woman’s self-esteem with her external beauty.
Rekha Arya, Uttarakhand Minister of Women and Child Welfare announced a pension scheme for acid attack survivors, providing them with Rs 5000-6000 per month so that they can live a dignified life.
“I got two responses back. One was that nobody has been acknowledged and second was that she would attend to all this after the movie released. Both of them did not make sense to me. Then I had no choice because once the movie was released there was nothing we could have done,” Bhat recalled.
Reshma Qureshi’s is a story that must be told. As a teenager, Reshma was assaulted by her brother-in-law who splashed…
Ria Sharma’s first book Make Love Not Scars voices the brave stories of acid attack survivors. An excerpt from ‘Rehabilitating the Survivors’:…
The acid menace is something that keeps shocking the conscience of our nation from time to time. Six persons, including…
Throwing acid at women is one of the cruellest acts of violence. Besides the physical scars, the survivors also suffer…
Delhi government has chalked out guidelines that help survivors of road accidents, acid attacks and thermal burn injuries get cashless treatment of…
Ria Sharma, a young woman who started an NGO called Make Love Not Scars (MLNS) to help acid attacks survivors get on with…
Yes, they were victims of acid-attacks – but they are Survivors, Heroes. Yes, their faces are scarred for life but that…
