Tina Dabi, the 22-year-old girl from Delhi who topped the UPSC 2016 examinations, was recently in Lady Shri Ram College, where she delivered a powerful speech about various issues currently plaguing India.
From PM Modi’s ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ scheme to the recent attacks on Dalits by ‘gau-rakshaks’ – which she called as ‘unfortunate’ – Dabi took all the questions but maintained that if there are any solutions, they have to be sought within the system itself. She emphasised on keeping faith in the ‘system’.
Here is her take on some burning issues, as reported by the Indian Express and Hindustan Times: