In India acid attacks are the most horrible crimes.
This is because the acid severely burns the skin and becomes difficult to treat and get your original skin.
It causes severe mental trauma. The skin burns and it is extremely painful. The skin starts burning,
and the bones dissolve as well.
The skin gets badly damaged.
Once the face is burnt, its treament is very difficult. The pain is unbearable.
Victims become very depressed as they are stared at and face a lot of discrimination by the society.
Due to these stares, they become depressed.
In India, acid attacks are a huge problem where the victims are usually women.
However, there are many acid attack survivors who do not give up on life and continue fighting.
Its impressive that there are so many such women.
Here are the inspiring stories of five women.
1. In 2005, when Laxmi Agarwal was just 15 years old.
an 32-year-old saw Laxmi and starts flirting with her.
Since Laxmi rejected his advances,
he became angry and threw acid on her face.
The acid badly burnt her face.
Looking at her burnt face, you would think she gave up everything & stayed at home as the society would judge her due to the acid attack.
However that wasn't the case. She was strong and was positive to succeed in life.
She's now figting to bring stricter laws for example:
A shopkeeper stocks his shop with acid.
When customers ask for acid, shopkeepers easily sell it to them.
This causes acid attacks which ruin peoples lives.
Before they sell acid, shopkeepers must ask for a prescription. Acid must be sold only for important purposes.
This is why she is fighting for strict laws so that everyone is safe.
She's also been supporting thousands of acid attack survivors.
Laxmi's story and her strength has inspired many.
Her life has now been made into a movie called 'Chhapaak'.
Deepika Padukone will act in the movie and essay the character of Laxmi.
2. Pragya Singh was newly married in 2006.
A day after her wedding, she was was travelling alone in the train,
when a man attacked her with acid.
This was because before her marriage this man wanted to marry her but she refused him and married another man.
This angered him and he kept the grudge. He then attacked her with acid.
She lost her eye sight and was burning badly. She suffered many injuries.
She was then taken to the hospital and underwent 15 surgeries which altered her face.
However Pragya remained very strong. She now runs an NGO named Atijeevan Foundation.
Acid attack and burn survivors are fully supported. The foundation arranges free surgeries & treatments for them.
Daulat Bi Khan was 26 years old, when she was attacked with acid by her elder sister and brother-in-law.
She was severely burnt and had to undergo many reconstruction surgeries.
However, she didn't give up on life just because she was wronged by her family.
She remained strong cointinued working.
She started an NGO called Acid Survivors Saahas Foundation.
The foundation provide medicines and helps survivors financially to file a complaint.
They also support acid attack survivors who do not know about the legal process.
Many times companies discriminate against acid attack survivors and do not give them jobs.
Even colleges discriminate against them.
The Foundation works hard to help them.
4. Anmol Rodriguez was only two months old when her father attacked her and her mother with acid.
Her mother passed away but Anmol survived.
Her father disappeared and Anmol grew up in an orphanage.
She never gave up. Today she is 23 years old and is a talented model.
She is not only a model but she also wanted to be a fashion designer since she was a child.
She has also helped many acid attack survivors find jobs.
You may all think, that acid attacks mostly happen only with women. Right?
The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) said that 40% of acid attacks in India happen with men.
5. Chandrahass Mishra is a 34-year-old and is a businessman from Meerut.
He saw that his landlord’s son would keep harassing women.
When Mishra tried to stop him from harassing women, the landlord's son threw acid on his face.
he suffered a lot but he still did not give up and works with many NGOs as well.
These 5 attack survivors did not give up on their life and remained strong.
They have inspired many. A big salute to them.
You just saw the strength of these five survivors. So when you think a task is impossible and worry about failure,
don't worry. You can do it! If you have these 5 people as your role models you can do anything.