Daily wage-earner Kajri is defying her husband to save her daughter. She confided in Ankita Balloh.
Draped in a yellow, blue and magenta sari, hands full of bangles, Kajri is busy cuddling her four-month-old daughter, Prerna.
‘I have named her Prerna, meaning inspiration in Hindi, because she gave my life a new meaning,’ she says confidently as she begins to narrate her story.
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