“Mira,” shouted the teacher. No answer.
“Mira,” shouted the teacher again. No answer.
“Where is this girl?” the teacher asked the class.
“Madam, she is sleeping,” responded one student.
It was Class IX of a girls-only govt school in the municipality of Hinsapur. During the very first period that day, Mira had her head down over the desk. After repeated shouts, when the teacher could not bear the insult of no-response, few students shook Mira in order to wake her up.
“She’s not moving, Madam,” a student reported. Mira had gone unconscious. She was taken to the municipality hospital where she gave birth to a premature baby girl.
“I didn’t know what to do, Saab,” told Mira’s sobbing father to the police inspector, “We all were so afraid. We all were so helpless, Saab. The girl spoke only when we noticed the bump.”
Seven months ago, Mira was gang-raped in broad day-light while she was returning from school.
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