India’s Shifting Gender Roles: One Girl’s Tale

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A young girl (not the one featured in this story) prays in Rishkesh, India

What began as widespread protests in response to a brutal gang rape have evolved into a movement. Its object is to change the way women are treated in India. PRI's Rhitu Chatterjee  profiles one girl who seems to represent where girls in India have been - and where they're heading.

Other stories on KUOW Presents, Monday, March 11:

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• India’s Shifting Gender Roles: One Girl’s Tale
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• The Things They Carry: Specialist Lackey
• William Powers On The Art Of Living Small
• The Boatmaker
• Writers Almanac
• Book Deal
• Ron Sims For Mayor?
• Big Data