Sheroes Hangout – A Cafe By Acid Attack Survivors in Lucknow

 Sheroes Hangout – A Cafe By Acid Attack Survivors in Lucknow 

Do we ever wonder what all goes on around us and how in a world full of educated people, we miss out on people who genuinely need our attention? We live in a world of misogyny, we live in a world of patriarchy but isn’t it high time we saw those crashing down to equality? I see people talking about Feminism all over Social Media but I really want to just take this opportunity and say it out that Feminism is not majorly for those who have access to Social Media. It is for the ones who don’t have access to Social Media, ones who don’t get to go to  college, ones who are constantly being oppressed  and in a world like today’s, we need Feminism, we need courage and to start with places lik Sheroes Hangout . We need people and places that empower

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In 2013, India introduced an amendment to the Indian Penal Code through the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013, making acid attacks a specific offence with a punishment of imprisonment not less than 10 years and which can extend to life imprisonment and with fine. But it’s been 3 years to that and people have still been resorting to an act as down-threatening as that of acid throwing on people’s faces. These acts are mostly borne out of frustration, failure, ego, angst, temper issues, etc. and solely the attacker is supposed to be blamed for it. It’s more than sad how the survivors, the victims pay for it. It’s sadder when their own families discard them too. They live under the scars of the attack, for pretty much ever.

Amidst all of this, Stop Acid Attacks, came up with the idea of Sheroes Hangout – a café and restaurant run by acid attack survivors.

The idea was to make them feel worthy, the idea was to strengthen them, boost their morales up and it has been very well executed. Sheroes Hangout started off as a pilot project in Agra but looking at how well it took off, how much it empowered the victims and more than that how much it inspired the visitors, it was pretty much stuck to by the Government. Now Agra and Lucknow have items .

The Jute furniture makes the place looks like somewhere I personally would love to sit and sip on some Chai. The place has a small library, filled with books that inspire, books that are filled with great cheer. The girls told us how most of the books were donated by visitors. The team told us they haven’t had a visitor yet who has visited them less than thrice. People meet them with the same warmth and same love every time.

They have a wide menu, that is light and very pocket friendly. I can absolutely vouch for the honey chilly potatoes and their adrak wali chai that they serve, though.

The place easily adds to the charm of Lucknow and just in case you haven’t visited yet, we don’t see many reasons for you to wait now. Summer’s are here and you must take out some time on an evening and go visit the Sheroes Hangout in Gomti Nagar, Lucknow.