Shreya’s mother had left when she was six months old; her father was a chronic alcoholic. Between two unreliable parents, changing schools, shifting homes and hostels, the only anchor she

To Attend or Not To Attend At the age of 12 Jiya* was forced to attend to her first customer.  It was her mother who had sold her to the

The wall comes crashing down.  A loud thud opens my eyes. It takes a while to register his face. He calls my name with an expectant voice – “Me! Your

I would gaze up at the leaves. They helped me hide from the sun. My mother had recently delivered two more boys and they cried all day. Just like her.

We had arrived just in the nick of time, and saved two young girls, who would have otherwise been forced into prostitution. Sonu was born and raised in west Bengal.