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Rukhmabai Initiatives Writing Grant
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The locals had caught the turtle in the tank. As they put the tank down, Jain tried to hold on to the turtle and it pulled her with it towards the river. “It was so fast and heavy. They were all men surrounding me, and I was just a puny woman holding onto the turtle. I put my knees on the back of the turtle to stop it. Like, all of my body weight was on a turtle. At that moment, it pulled me with it for at least 20 m,” describes Jain.