Love triumphs as acid attack survivor gets engaged on Valentine's Day

  For 25-year-old acid attack victim, Pramodini, this was the perfect Valentine’s Day as she and her long time friend Saroj Sahu, who stood by her in the most trying of times, got......

"Pihu' gives acid attack survivor Laxmi a ray of hope

Disfigured beyond recognition in a terrible acid attack, Laxmi, 26, who goes by a single name has now turned a mother with her partner, a social activist who works for the welfare of acid attack......

Activist detained for screening banned rape film

A young activist who screened the banned BBC documentary on December 16 gang rape for a small audience in an Agra village was questioned by police who seized his computer equipment and sent it for......

'Earlier people stared at me as if I was an animal. Not anymore'

In our Special Independence Day series, Rediff.com looks at India through the lives of her people. Today: Kalpana Ghodawat, a brave acid attack survivor, who runs a beauty parlour. Kalpana has......