Mukherjee said in her tiny house in the capital New Delhi: "The victims of acid attacks are or drinking poison suicide, but I have chosen to stand up and scream threats of violence".
Collective rape a female college student on the bus in New Delhi provoked recent public opinion once again clearly shows that violence against women in India, where the only sexual attacks considered as a "tease".
Indicators in India showed that of the 256,329 violent crimes last year, there were 228,650 cases against women.
9 years ago, Mukherjee is a potential student at a college in the eastern city of Dhanbad, before three students break into the house while she was sleeping and throwing acid on her face for the "crime" deny them . The attacker wants to do eyelids, nose, and ears melt.
After 22 surgeries later, she was blind and partially deaf. And none of the attackers was convicted, even though they have been arrested, detained. They were released after paying bail and the case was extended by popular slow judicial system of India.
According to a charitable organization in London, approximately 1,500 acid attacks recorded worldwide each year and many more victims are not declared to the authorities, the victims have to silently endure.
Mukherjee said that many of her appeal no results. She did not receive any financial assistance as well as from the state law. Instead, her family had to sell the two-story house, farm, gold and livestock to pay hospital fees for her.
In a letter to the Government, she even comes to suicide, which is illegal in India, but do not want to live in pain. And when despair because there is no money treatment, Mukherjee decided to register to appear on "Kaun Banega Crorepati", the version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" in India, the program has been known for the Oscar-winning film " Slumdog Millionaire "(slum Millionaire). After being selected to participate, Mukherjee answered correctly 10 questions and won 2.5 million rupees ($ 45,000) last month.
She said although her letter requesting not bear fruit, but the image of her wounds had a profound impact. "Once everything else has failed, I decided to use my face".
27-year-old girl said this win is huge, but still not enough to cover all of her hospital fees. "I won some money but I need more to treat," she said.
The will, the strength of Mukherjee made viewers live and television audiences no from poultry tears. The host, a legend in the Bollywood film industry, called her "the personification of courage" because "continue to fight against all evil".
Mukherjee wants to use his status to advocate for other victims of the same fate, in order to promote private law for acid attacks, is currently only in the domestic violence law, and has a very light sentences.
In 2011, neighboring Pakistan has approved legislation to increase penalty from 14 years to life in prison for acid attacks and penalties lighter than a million Pakistani rupees ($ 10,200).
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