Avni was the face of the new India. She worked as a freelance graphic designer, lived in a paying guest accommodation in the city but visited home on weekends, and viewed her culture through a lens of choice rather than obligation.

Key laws impacting women’s lives:

: While the formal female labor force participation rate is around 21–23% , women constitute 48% of the agricultural workforce and are major players in the unorganized sector.

, the youngest. She sat with a tablet in one hand and a sketchpad in the other. To