Make Love Not Scars

New Delhi: She has walked the fashion ramp in New York, but is not a model. Reshma Qureshi, an acid attack survivor, feels India is becoming “more focused on looks” and says it’s a pity that people in the country stare at those who don’t fit the “norm”. “Walking the New York Fashion Week and the Surat fashion show is proof of global a...

"You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice." This famous quote by Bob Marley may as well have been written for/by this Mumbai woman featured on the Humans of Bombay Facebook page. In a moving and inspiring post, shared some 18 hours before writing this, the woman, not named, talks about how she reclaimed her life afte...

New Delhi: She has walked the fashion ramp in New York, but is not a model. Reshma Qureshi, an acid attack survivor, feels India is becoming “more focused on looks” and says it’s a pity that people in the country stare at those who don’t fit the “norm”. “Walking the New York Fashion Week and the Surat fashion show is proof of global a...

"You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice." This famous quote by Bob Marley may as well have been written for/by this Mumbai woman featured on the Humans of Bombay Facebook page. In a moving and inspiring post, shared some 18 hours before writing this, the woman, not named, talks about how she reclaimed her life afte...