The discomfort of interacting with women whose faces have been disfigured by acid attacks
Battle-hardened, fiercely committed to their cause and proud of the identity the movement gives them, the woman Maoists here are every bit as fierce as their male comrades.
In rural Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh, there is talk of the ‘miraculous operation’ which gifts childless women with progeny.
An uneasy disquiet, a sense of foreboding that casts a shadow behind the lone woman going home.
The image Mansur projected for the camera was no different from his usual spontaneous self, says photographer Parthiv Shah.