Story of Purvi (real name Shweta Katti), a girl who born and brought up in a red light area of Mumbai and got scholarship from USA.
Shweta is eldest among her 3 sisters. His mother is a worker in a factory their. His father is actually his step-father who did not like her because of her black skin. She brought up at a place where abuse and confinement of women is common. She is now 19 her intense desire of study is keeping her going. The girl hailing from Mumbai's biggest red-light area, Kamathi Pura, had offers of 3 American universities for her bachelor degree in psychology. She was listed by Newsweek as one of the 25 under-25 women in the world to watch out for. The list includes women like Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai, who have battled adversity to become symbols of resistance and she has only just heard from New York's Bard College, who have accepted her as a student for the coming semester. They've offered her a $30,000 scholarship that covers her tuition fees for the year, as well as half her accommodation cost.
Shweta's life was not more than a brothel who suffered an alcoholic, abusive father. "Tera dil tere skin ke jaisa kala hai, a words said my my father." Shweta said.
The opportunity came to me via a NGO named Kranti who arranged the formalities those are required for admission. "Aaj mai jo bhi noon apnea maa ki wajeh se noon, unhone mere liye jo kia wo kisi ne nai kia.", Shweta continues.
That was a biggest blow for her to know that his father is his step-father and his fastest friend Kavita is her half sister from her biological father. May this was the reason his father did not like her.
Shweta scored 71% in her 10th exam but during her childhood she was very low on self-esteem. She never liked to study. The girl who used to sleep during her classes, encouraged by a sex worker itself. A girl living near her home taught her several times to keep study and get rid of this brothel. Now she wants to help her community, so that they can follow a correct way.
Here is a video from IndiaTV where they titled it as "Daughter of Sex Worker Won Scholarship to study in US". As a comment in the video, Shweta clarifying herself that her mother was not a sex worker and the channel is spreading a wrong news.
We request you all readers of the blog to approach the channel to change the video title or remove the video.
Here are some links and online episode:
http://thrill-suspense.blogspot.com/2013/07/crime-patrol-daughter-of-mumbai-devdasi.html
Shweta is eldest among her 3 sisters. His mother is a worker in a factory their. His father is actually his step-father who did not like her because of her black skin. She brought up at a place where abuse and confinement of women is common. She is now 19 her intense desire of study is keeping her going. The girl hailing from Mumbai's biggest red-light area, Kamathi Pura, had offers of 3 American universities for her bachelor degree in psychology. She was listed by Newsweek as one of the 25 under-25 women in the world to watch out for. The list includes women like Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai, who have battled adversity to become symbols of resistance and she has only just heard from New York's Bard College, who have accepted her as a student for the coming semester. They've offered her a $30,000 scholarship that covers her tuition fees for the year, as well as half her accommodation cost.
Shweta's life was not more than a brothel who suffered an alcoholic, abusive father. "Tera dil tere skin ke jaisa kala hai, a words said my my father." Shweta said.
The opportunity came to me via a NGO named Kranti who arranged the formalities those are required for admission. "Aaj mai jo bhi noon apnea maa ki wajeh se noon, unhone mere liye jo kia wo kisi ne nai kia.", Shweta continues.
That was a biggest blow for her to know that his father is his step-father and his fastest friend Kavita is her half sister from her biological father. May this was the reason his father did not like her.
Shweta scored 71% in her 10th exam but during her childhood she was very low on self-esteem. She never liked to study. The girl who used to sleep during her classes, encouraged by a sex worker itself. A girl living near her home taught her several times to keep study and get rid of this brothel. Now she wants to help her community, so that they can follow a correct way.
Here is a video from IndiaTV where they titled it as "Daughter of Sex Worker Won Scholarship to study in US". As a comment in the video, Shweta clarifying herself that her mother was not a sex worker and the channel is spreading a wrong news.
We request you all readers of the blog to approach the channel to change the video title or remove the video.
Here are some links and online episode:
http://thrill-suspense.blogspot.com/2013/07/crime-patrol-daughter-of-mumbai-devdasi.html
