Beauty has been redefined by acid attack survivors who are now ready with a new venture- a calendar that features victims of horrific attacks.
The calendar has been launched to commemorate the third anniversary of the 'Stop Acid Attacks' campaign and is an initiative of 'Chaanv' an NGO.
Unlike typical calendars, the calendar titled "Bello" that features 12 acid attacks survivors begins from the month of March 2015 and ends in February 2016.
The photos of the survivors portray their dreams which have been halted due to the heinous attack.
The photos for the calendar have been clicked by internationally acclaimed photographer, Rahul Saharan whose photo shoot in the past of the acid attack survivors Laxmi, Rupa, Ritu, Sonia and Chanchal drew attention from the international media. The calendar's cover photo has been designed by Shukla.
"We are releasing the calendar on March 8, which is also our Foundation Day and the next edition of the calendar will be released exactly a year later.
The Belgian photographer says he was very excited to be associated with the campaign. He considers it to be a perfect example of how people fight with their fate to change their condition.
The calendar is also scheduled to be launched on social media as well aims to "reach out to about 100 million people around the world to know about this one of its own kind of celebration of beauty."
Further it wants to portray the dreams of the survivors who come from varied backgrounds and have gone through a lot in their lives," Rahul Saharan told PTI.