Twenty one-year-old Monalisa Halder lives in Dumdum in West Bengal and has just completed her BA examination at Derozio College. “The campaign has give me self confidence and a sense of stability. I don’t see myself as a girl but as a human being now. Earlier I would volunteer to do all the housework and discourage my father and brother from helping out. I believed that it was my duty as a girl to do such tasks. Now I feel it is okay to ask for help. I have also made many friends after attending campaign meetings. Most important, I have been able to stop my family from thinking about my marriage all the time. I feel that I am far more clear in my thoughts and I rate myself 8/10 while I was 4/10 earlier.”