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On 16th of December 2012, in the late evening of a balmy Delhi night, a young physiotherapy student boarded a bus with her male companion after an evening out at the movies. She had her whole life and a long professional career ahead of her — a career made possible by the efforts of her family, who had sold their rural farm land to move to the city to enable her to pursue her education.
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Alston, M. (2014). Introduction: Women, Political Struggles and Activism — Exploring the Lives of Women in South Asia Margaret Alston. In: Alston, M. (eds) Women, Political Struggles and Gender Equality in South Asia. Gender, Development and Social Change. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137390578_1
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