As a journalist, I stumbled upon rows of villages with missing girls and became a life-long activist against sex-trafficking. I made a documentary, won an Emmy and showed the documentary to the United Nations and the US Senate for the passage of anti-trafficking laws. I also started an NGO, Apne Aap Women Worldwide, that has aided thousands of girls and women in exiting prostitution systems. I KICK AND I FLY is my debut fiction novel based on the true stories that I witnessed and experienced as an activist in my NGO. I have won my awards but my work is not finished.
“We will make a world in which no human being is bought or sold.”
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I Kick and I Fly (Scholastic, April 18) is an intense, dramatic story showing the desperation of families - KIRKUS REVIEW
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I Kick and I Fly by Ruchira Gupta shows how children must be drawn into conversations about exploitation - THE HINDU
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