"Dream, Dream, Dream! Conduct these dreams into thoughts, and then transform them into action."
- Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Vadia village near Ahmedabad is inhabited by the nomadic Saraniya community, which is notorious for being a prostitution hub. In this village, almost every girl is lured by middlemen, in agreement with her own family, into prostitution. However, there has been a recent case of a girl, who broke this age old tradition and refused to bow down, even to her family who wanted her to become an affluent person’s keep. This young girl eloped with an upper caste boy and got married to him in Ahmedabad. According to Mittal Patel, the founding trustee of Vicharta Samuday Samarthan Manch, which organized a mass wedding in the village in 2012, this courageous step taken by the couple, will inspire others in the village to break away from prostitution. The couple is underground at the moment and police has assured full security to them.
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