Stop victim blaming! #HathrasCase

‘Earlier the violence was invisible and unreported. Now we have visibility and are more assertive. Much of the violence now is to remind us of our boundaries,’ Dalit rights activist ⁦Manjula Pradeep⁩ tells me. #Hathras #DalitLivesMatter bbc.com/news/world-asi…

How much more low? #coverup #HathrasHorror

A young dalit girl who is gangraped, gives a dying declaration in the hope that her tormentors will be punished. She believes she will be given the dignity in death that was brutally snatched while she was alive. Does this not disgust you as a human ? Narendra Modi

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Crimson skies! #Shillong

Sunshine, Washing line.

First magazine cover! Yayyyyy

We are excited to announce the latest #WPPh6x6 talents from Asia! Congratulations to Debsuddha Banerjee, Deepti Asthana (Deepti Asthana), Mengwen Cao (🌊mengwen cao (offline) (they/them)), Parisa Azadi, Santanu Dey and Sutirtha Chatterjee. Discover their work: bit.ly/38dDTPG

🔸Deepti Asthana This independent photographer, storyteller and National Geographic Explorer is reflecting the traditional societies of rural India. Her recent project aims to highlight how Indian women are challenging the gender and the social evils in the society.Deepti Asthana

Absolutely thrilled to have received explorer grant from National Geographic Society to work further on water crisis in Western Himalayas and how it impacts lives of young women. It is my 6th year working in the region and this time I hope to create larger impact. #ClimateEmergency

Pushpa Shekhawati’s husband died in a motorbike accident. Through her work, Shekhawati was not only finding a means to support herself and her son, but also a certain freedom that was rare for a widow in her milieu. A photo essay by Deepti Asthana: bit.ly/3OQbhzc

Pushta Pawar got the job as forest guard before she got a husband. Her parents were farmers who had little education but insisted that their children study as much as possible. As a result, they all had postgraduate degrees. Deepti Asthana’s photo essay: bit.ly/3OQbhzc

.Deepti Asthana thought it was unusual for women to work as forest guards, even though their two posts were reserved for women. “Even more surprising was the fact that they lived far from their families, in this remote region of Rajasthan.” bit.ly/3OQbhzc

Shekhawati and Pawar would come back from the morning patrol and then sit down to cook in the common kitchen with very basic amenities. The job fell to them as the women on the team, though their male colleagues helped out. A photo essay by Deepti Asthana: bit.ly/3OQbhzc

The two women would usually dress in track pants and t-shirts with sport shoes. But, on days when they had to go to work in the forest service office at Jaisalmer, they would wear ghagras and cover their faces with their odhnis. Deepti Asthana writes: bit.ly/3OQbhzc

Latest assignment for The Wall Street Journal #SriLanka #economiccrises wsj.com/amp/articles/s…

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