Saajhi Duniya is the result of a social activity that started in the 1980s with the passionate work of Dr. Roop Rekha Verma, Dhruv's beloved Bua Nani (great aunt) in the streets and lanes of Lucknow, India, in the midst of a serious threat to inter-faith peace in the community. Saajhi Duniya works primarily to promote gender equality and cultural-religious plurality.