Tribal areas house one of the most underprivileged communities in India. And for anyone who tries to organize sports in tribal areas, it must feel like a herculean task. But not for Rashmi Tiwari, founder of Aahan Tribal Foundation. Tiwari has taken it upon herself to empower tribal girls and the community. Tiwari has established […]

Fatima Khatoon is an extraordinarily gutsy woman. Belonging to the Nutt community, where families make their girls get into sex trade, Fatima chose a different path — that of rescuing and rehabilitating sex workers. It’s been about a decade that Fatima has been working to eradicate human trafficking and sex work  in her village of Forbesganj […]

A resident of Delhi, adopted by  Rashmi Tiwari, of Aahan Foundation, Rupni Barla is gearing up to represent India in marathon running. She has been a TED speaker at Allahabad MNIIT and aspires to be an IAS officer when she comes of age. But her life wasn’t always like this. Originally from Chatakpur,  60kms away from Ranchi […]

Born into Bhil family, Jasodaben Bhil was only five when she got engaged. “At such a young age, children don’t know what marriage is and what getting engaged means. They are given some money, I was given five rupees to spend all by myself and I was just happy about the money, but that actually […]