Damaged roofs.
Demented walls.
No water.
No electricity.
No toilets.
Infested rooms.
Destroyed Boundaries.
Broken Doors & Windows.
This isn’t a war zone.
It’s rural reality of India.
And the battlefield?
Anganwadi centres — the supposed lifelines for India’s most vulnerable: little children, pregnant women, and young mothers.
These aren’t safety spaces anymore. They’re ruins- Neglected. Forgotten. Left to decay under the harsh weather and harsher indifference.
And then comes Anika Bhargava Mathur — 17, furious, and absolutely fearless.
No title. No funding empire. No safety net.
Just grit & guts.
She goes adopting, rebuilding & revamping Anganwadis in her state of Rajasthan.
“I’m not just fixing infrastructure. I’m fixing foundation of humanity,” she says
“Structural repairs, Rebuilding foundations, Labour & Supply chain corruption, cost controls, quality checks, fund raising— the list of challenges is endless but indispensable…”
While most 17-year-olds are on Netflix & Instagram, Anika’s on a mission- rebuilding lives.
This is the kind of girl you hear about in documentaries — not dinner table conversations.
But maybe it’s time we change that.
A rage with a purpose.
A rebel with blueprints – Anika is a reminder that real change is always inconvenient, always thankless, but always worth it.
With every center revived, she’s giving villages especially children & women clean rooms, sanitised toilets, hygienic food, safe drinking water, sewage disposals, pipelines, electricity supply, fans & lights, greenery, beautification, digitalisation & most importantly – a life of of dignity.
So the next time you drive past a sparkling building, or a fancy house remember:
There are children elsewhere, learning beside rats & dirt.
And somewhere in that dust and debris — a teenager is quietly fighting to change it.
Stirring our systems, our souls & our conscience, she inspires us to join her on this revolutionary journey – Because, the answer to every “who” is “YOU” and Anika Bhargava Mathur is a fierce proof of it.