GL Bajaj Institute celebrates Women’s Day with acid attack surviver Reshma Khatun

GL Bajaj Institute of Technology & Management organized a program as part of the International Women’s Day Celebration on March 11. Acid Attack Survivor Reshma Khatun was the special guest for the event and Kalpana Bhushan, the founder of Kalpana dance academy and NGO was the esteemed guest for the event. Both were welcomed by Professor Dr Ajay Kumar, Director of GLBMIR.

The program begin with lighting of lamp by dignitaries followed by a performance on Ganesh Vandana by the artists of Kcalpana Kala Kendra. Later, a beautiful video presentation of the most influential women was played at institute.

In his address, Ajay Kumar, Director, GLBMIR talked about Malala Yusuf Razai’s speech in the United Nations in which she said “One child, one teacher, one pen, and one book can change the world.” This message of her sought attention all across the world, and she also became one of the youngest recipients of the Noble Prize for peace, said Dr. Kumar.

In our country, “Naari” is not just a word, but it’s a respectful existence by which we attain god. In our Indian culture, since vedic times, we consider women’s equal to god, whenever a girl child is born, we see her as the arrival of Lakshmi. But unfortunately, nowadays its only got restricted to words and books. We have to give respect to our women if we want our society and nation to be a developed nation.”

Reshma Khatun, accompanied by her life partner Ashok Kumar, shared her experience and recalled the fateful month of December 2014. She said, “He threw acid on my face, but not on my dreams”.