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Three Dhadkai sisters stitch over 150 flags for Independence Day
Three sisters from Dhadkai in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district have stitched and distributed more than 150 national flags ahead of Independence Day. Reshma Bibi, 26, Parveen Kousar, 24, and Saira Khatoon,…
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Three sisters from Dhadkai in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district have stitched and distributed more than 150 national flags ahead of Independence Day. Reshma Bibi, 26, Parveen Kousar, 24, and Saira Khatoon, 22, began the effort after insisting that their father buy cloth for the flags.
Dhadkai, at 9,150 feet and without road connectivity, is known as India’s ‘Silent Village’ because more than 90 residents have congenital hearing and speech impairments. The village has about 2,000 residents, all from the Gujjar community. Locals said the sisters’ initiative brought the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign to a settlement it had not reached earlier, with flags now flying from many rooftops.
The Indian Opinion
The easy story is that patriotism belongs only to loud public displays, or that disability defines what people can contribute. The sisters’ work challenges both assumptions, but it should not obscure Dhadkai’s basic isolation, including its lack of road connectivity. The real measure of inclusion will be whether government services and access improve after the flags are taken down, not how many rooftops carry the tricolour this week.
Source: rediff.com
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