Author
Vrinda Jhingan is a policy expert with extensive experience in governance research, campaign management, and stakeholder engagement. Her career includes leadership roles as Project Director at Nation with Namo and Project Manager at the Indian Political Action Committee, where she drafted national and state manifestos, conducted legislative research, and designed citizen outreach programs such as Ladli Behna Yojana and Ayushman Bharat.
The sun rises over a village in Madhya Pradesh, where 17-year-old Laxmi prepares for her college entrance exam. A generation ago, her mother was married at 15 and never finished school. This change isn’t an isolated story but reflects a sweeping transformation across India, credited mainly to the initiatives launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government since 2014. India worships the goddess Saraswati, the deity of knowledge, yet pre-2014, millions
