Red Dot Challenge: It was just a red dot. Drawn with a marker, smeared with lipstick, painted with sindoor — it didn’t matter how it was made. What mattered was what it stood for. It stood for every girl who missed school because she couldn’t afford a pad. For every woman who stained her clothes and sat quietly in shame. For every daughter who never asked for help because she didn’t know she could. That red dot — placed boldly on a palm — said, enough. The Challenge Wasn’t fo