Settling back into her drawing-room couch, in Mirzapur village of Kurukshetra district, she lifts her ghoonghat and takes a quick sip. “The government keeps saying Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (Educate your daughters), but they must add another slogan, ‘Ghoonghat Hatao’. When she got married at 25 and came to her in-laws’ house, her husband’s uncle tried to convince the family that she need not wear the ghoonghat, Lata says. She manages everything from under that veil, including chores such as cleaning the house and looking after the family’s cows. Kuchch dhang se kahan dikhta hai ghoonghat mein (Can one see clearly through a veil)?” she says, talking about how she often ends up stumbling.

Source: Indian Express July 08, 2017 20:37 UTC