With These Two Hands
Executive Producer: Ong Hee Yah
Language: English voice-over and subtitles.
(Separate language tracks available)
Format: HD
Duration: 1 x 52 mins
Location: India
Year: October 2007
All she wanted to do was to save children from being married off by their families. She spent ten days explaining to them why this practice was not good for the children. But on the eve of the planned marriage, a man came to her house and hacked at her head and arms, leaving her hands hanging mere threads of skin and flesh. Shakuntala Verma, a government social worker, became instantly handicapped. Find out more about this courageous woman and her undaunted crusade against child marriages in this shocking documentary.