Pooja started working the day she completed her higher secondary education. “I had no option but to earn. The entire family of seven was dependent on my mother. She works as a cook in Nizamuddin.” Nizamuddin is at a distance of 27 kms. from Bhalaswa, a resettlement colony in north-west Delhi, where Pooja lives. “She earns Rs. 9,000 a month. It is simply not enough to feed a family of seven, let alone paying [sic] for each of our education. I didn’t want my little siblings to stop going to school. As the eldest daughter, I wanted them to have the basic education I had,” Pooja explains.

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