Indira Gandhi, age unknown, wakes up in pre-dawn darkness to prepare breakfast, do laundry and clean dishes before going to school. "My father died when I was in second standard because he was drunk...Now we are in the clutches of my father's sister. She beats my sisters with shoes and sticks and it makes my mother very upset. I think I should stand up to her, but I am afraid."
- translated by Sherin Asha
Parukkal, Tamil Nadu, India
2004
