Shalini

“We pushed the door open and managed to get out. There were a lot of people standing along the sides, some of whom were hooting, catcalling. In fact they were making fun of pretty much everything that was passing by, including us,” recalls Rajeev.

A young girl in Bengaluru has scored 84% in her Class 12 exams while working in five houses as a domestic help! Her day starts at 4.30 am and ends late at night. Shalini and her mother, Vijaya, are the only breadwinners in the family with Shalini's father unable to work after an accident and her younger brother ill with blood cancer.