Live_For_The_Nation

Laxmi, 10 years old girl is not present at her home on Monday afternoon. It is obvious that girl of this age might be in school or playing with her friends or have gone for some hobby classes, but destiny had some other plans for her. She is not at home because she went to fetch water from the nearby corporation tap, also she carries her 6 months brother in her lap as there is no one to take care of him at home. This is a daily routine for Laxmi living in one of the underprivileged area of Pune.  Similar is the state of Madhu, 12 years old girl from one of the Noida's marginalized community. On the same Monday afternoon, she is cooking food for her two siblings as mother is in the field collecting waste.  In our country, girls have always been bearing responsibilities of being a mother, wife, girlfriend etc., and these roles/responsibilities are widely discussed, sometimes praised and most of the times accepted as a fact.  But there is one role silently played by young girls