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"A so-called Doctor would put some dreaded drops in my eyes in a bid to help me. Confused, I would try to protest but in vain; as my mother would hush me. I used to cry sometimes afterwards while sitting in a dark room that seemed like interminable time. This is all I remember from…

Patriarchy instilled in the minds of our society grips hard and affects the growth of a woman. People who think it to be a long-gone concept are still living in delusion. Shabrunisha is a living example of one who has suffered the consequences of living amidst a patriarchal kinship. But what is laudable here is…

We are delighted to share that Harshit, an Asha Graduate, has been able to get a placement at Wipro, Pune which has been ranked third fastest growing global IT services brand in 2019. Harshit, from Asha's Chanderpuri slum community, did his graduation in Bachelors in Science from the University of Delhi and has been associated…

“I still remember my Baba and Amma lifting tonnes of bricks on their shoulders every day from loaded trucks to the building sites near our village in Basti, Bihar. It took my father’s backbone before we migrated to Delhi in a hope to make a better livelihood,” says Kamla with a hoarse voice. Kamla was…