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By Kaustubh Vijaya Pramod, Youth Coordinator Ruchi Pandit, a 19-year-old girl from Laxmi Nagar, Yerwada, grew up in a conservative household that shaped her life with strict rules and limited freedoms. Her parents, migrants from Bihar, worked tirelessly-her father as a supervisor at a logistics company and her mother managing

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By Manisha Bhalerao, Program Officer, YAF Prajakta Kapile grew up in a modest family of five in Sinnar, Nashik. Like many young people from small towns, she chose a secure career path. With a B.Sc. and a diploma in medical lab technology, she secured a lab technician’s job and earned