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The Girl Who Chose Prison Over Chains, Rukhmabai

Bombay, 1887. The courtroom air was thick with heat and tension. A 22-year-old woman stood alone before the judge, her sari simple but her gaze steady. Across the room sat Dadaji Bhikaji, the man she had been married to at age 11—a stranger then, a stranger still. Judge Farran’s voice cut through the murmurs: “You […]