Rishika Sahoo rode alone over 17,000 km,
to reach out to as many authorities, hospitals, schools, colleges and
people she could meet on the streets to spread the message of the Art of
Living’s ‘Save the Girl Child’ initiative, a statement said on Tuesday.
Sahoo said during her journey, there
were many days when she had to go without food, water and shelter, but
she overcame all to achieve what she’d set out for.
“People are not what they seem like.
They were all very cooperative and supportive. Yet what goes wrong with
these very people when they kill and burn their girl child… We have to
find out what is wrong with the thinking of people. Where does it go
wrong,” Sahoo said here.
“We are not bringing up the boys right
in the country. They are not taught to respect women. More than
anything, the way an Indian woman thinks can bring the greatest change
in the condition of her own kind,” she added.
A big-time yoga enthusiast, Sahoo
started her countrywide journey from Odisha’s Angul on September 14. She
ended her journey on Tuesday at India Gate in the national capital.
Source : IndianMediaBook - Current Affairs
