While waiting at a Calcutta hospital in 1985, MallikaDutt noticed something strange about the women's unit: it was full of burn victims. Dutt, who grew up in India and was a recent graduate of Mount Holyoke College at the time, says that moment solidified her commitment to women's rights. "The fact that an entire women's unit could be full of burn victims without it being declared a national emergency just stayed with me," she said.

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