Baby Halder
She was only 12 when Baby was married off to a man 14 years older. Struggling through an abusive marriage for over a decade, she decided to put an end to all her miseries by taking off with her three kids to Delhi in 1999. Turning a new page in life, she began working as a domestic help at several homes, where she’d often face humiliation for being a single parent. But things finally looked up for Baby, when she began working at the home of writer and retired anthropology professor Prabodh Kumar. From encouraging her to read and then pen down her story, Kumar helped bring out the author in Baby and today, her book, Aalo Aandhari is hailed across the world as an incredible story of survival.
Source: https://www.thebetterindia.com/168141/india-heroes-inspiring-success-viral-sonam-wangchuk-2018/
