The barbershop had initially closed but was the family’s only source of income, compelling the girls to try to run it themselves. “You could not identify me even today.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest Neha (left) and Jyoti were honoured by the Indian government. “The majority of people have come to know that we are girls.” Jyoti has started regrowing her hair. Most women in rural India work either on farms or from their homes at the end of large supply chains, embroidering or stitching clothes or preparing and packaging food. Labour force participation among Indian women has fallen over the past two decades even as the country’s economy has substantially grown.

Source: The Guardian January 17, 2019 13:58 UTC