India's Tattoo Girls

Badri, 40, has tattoos over most of her body, while her daughter, Anita Bai, 15, has just one – on her forehead. “I will not get it done on the rest of my body as I don’t like it”, she says. “This is a very painful process, and it starts bleeding. My classmates have also not got it done as we don’t like it”. Anita’s mother says times are changing: “The traditions are getting lost. These girls have started going to school and are choosing not to get their body tattooed”. (Photo by Ronny Sen/WaterAid/The Guardian)
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