Trina Talukdar Fellow 2010

Living in: Mumbai — India

Venture: Kranti

Putting the future of sex-trafficked women back in their hands.

Operating in: South Asia

Impact Area: Arts, Children and Youth, Community Development, Culture...

"When all the world withers, I'll nurture it with love. When all the world is dying, dying, I'll enliven it with mirth."

Basics

Describe yourself briefly.

With a Masters in Social Work, specializing in Medical and Psychiatry, and my 1 year experience in working in Kalighat, a red light area in Calcutta, India, I have the passion, experience and professional knowledge to empower trafficked women so they can be the agents of revolutionizing the gender equation in India.

Describe your Unreasonable Venture in 100 words or less.

Kranti puts the life choices of the girls rescued from sex work back into their hands. At Kranti, they let the girls choose their career goals and provide them with the resources to achieve these goals. The girls that come out of Kranti are therefore empowered by making the decisions for their own life.