“My husband and mother in law never used to let me do anything – my existence was limited to home! But I wanted more for my life. I became an SHG leader and then trained to become a Sakhi. Being only a IXth standard pass, I decided to finish off my studies at the age of 34. I have worked hard to achieve 100% institutional delivery and 98% immunisation across my village and am the nominated Crisis Manager for my village – being felicitated by the Block Level Government as a ‘Corona Warrior’ – look at all the things you can do in life, if only people let you!” - Chinu Mandal, Chandipur, Murshidabad, West Bengal.