Assam’s Missing Daughters

Around two weeks back, in an issue of the Outlook magazine (8th August) Neha Dixit’s investigative piece “Operation Babylift” was published. The lengthy article very clearly elaborates the ordeal of 31 young girls from different tribal communities of Assam, who were sent to different states supposedly for higher education. The parents of these children are kept in the dark about their present whereabouts. Based on the three month long investigation, the article presents some…