On beauty, love and burns: The journey of an Indian acid attack survivor

Richa
7 min readDec 6, 2016

The first drops feel like cold water. Then they hiss through the first layer of the dermis, the acid combining with the skin on your face and arms and chest, sizzling their way onto tissues underneath. Tissues with nerve endings and blood. Less than a second since it started, your brain registers your screaming nerves.

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Richa

Queer, feminist, neurodivergent. Cat person. She/them. Thoughts on inequity, inequality and navigating the world.