On the desolate salt pans of western India, as in much of the developing world, poverty and long-standing social customs bar many girls from attending school.
'This Is the Destiny of Girls' Article | LITTLE RANN OF KUTCH, India -- In the soft light of dawn, the cracked, dry seabed stretched endlessly in every direction. Jyotsna Patadia was alone -- she is often alone -- in her family's grass hut, a speck of life in the emptiness, cooking potatoes and onions over an open fire.