At fifteen, Laxmi Agarwal's life was irrevocably altered by an acid attack. Instead of succumbing to pain and stigma, she ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shaheen Malik, an acid-attack survivor and disability rights activist in India, is fighting an uphill legal and social battle to ...

Kolkata: Sunita Dutta was a teen when a local youth hurled acid on her 16 years ago. While the 6-year treatment, including 25 ...

A video clip titled 'Face of Courage' shows Laxmi being made up and then striding down the catwalk while smiling at the cameras, her scarred face in focus. An acid-attack survivor in India has been ...

An Indian model scarred in an acid attack challenged perceptions of beauty as she strutted down the runway at New York Fashion Week to promote a ban on the sale of corrosive substances used to maim ...

Continuing with its humanitarian approach towards acid attack survivors, the SC on Monday asked the states and Union Territories to explain whether these physically disfigured people can be ...

Researchers from The George Institute for Global Health India, in partnership with the Chhanv Foundation, have examined the lived realities of acid attack survivors in India, focusing on the stigma ...