Ghoonghat (veil) is a symbol of male dominance, and female subservience, more so in the Jat-dominated Haryana. But Neelam, the 31-year-old feisty sarpanch of Chappar village in Jind district, has been waging a determined and relentless battle to end this centuries-old tradition in a land where women dare not speak in front of the male members of their families.
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