You will always be able to count on me, Maitabi Banerjee promised her newborn daughter, thinking about all the things a girl child in India has to face.

There will be many hurdles in your way, and trauma, gaslighting, and blame, as you grow up, but you'll still rise above that - so cherish yourself, says Anushree, to her younger self. 

You're already loved, says Vijayalakshmi Harish to her future daughter, speaking of all that she wants for her, as a mother, and as a woman.

In New Delhi, a baby girl was left in a dustbin recently. The doctor who later treated her - Priyanka Gupta wrote a heart-rending post on Facebook.      

With the National Award Winning story of a young girl learning to live her life amidst calamities, Rima Das's movie Village Rockstars makes it to the Oscar nominations.