[quote]Mumbai, India (CNN) -- "My mother says I will make a name for myself."
Shweta Katti sings lyrics from a popular Bollywood song that has special meaning to her.
Growing up in Mumbai's largest red-light district, in a makeshift room above a brothel, Katti often found it difficult to study and stay focused on her future.
"I was young. I didn't know how to deal with the situation," said Katti, now 18. "There were men who used to ask me, 'Do you want to sleep with me?' "
Katti says she was sexually abused around age 11 or 12. It was hard to imagine a way out.
But with inspiration from her mother and help from a local charity, Katti is now much more optimistic. She won a scholarship to Bard College in New York, and she is set to enroll this fall.
"I don't know what I'm going to find out there, but I'm really excited," Katti told CNN's Kristie Lu Stout. "This is going to be an adventure for me: a new place, new people, new culture."
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[url]http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/06/world/asia/from-brothel-to-college/index.html?hpt=hp_c4[/url]
So does that mean her room is now available...?
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;41348933]So does that mean her room is now available...?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, you can have men ask to sleep with you and get sexually abused around age 11 or 12 now as well. Livin' the dream!
She does not look 18 in that picture. Good for her though on the scholarship. She got more money handed to her than I did when in school
Love hearing these stories of people working their way from the ground up. Hope she has a successful life ahead of her.
please dont bane me but, who cares. what is special about her that, her news is in SH?
also, im happy for her.
[QUOTE=Run&Gun12;41349616]Love hearing these stories of people working their way from the ground up. [/QUOTE]
No, no, she started above the brothel.
[QUOTE=cucumber;41349670]please dont bane me but, who cares. what is special about her that, her news is in SH?
also, im happy for her.[/QUOTE]
its news because its extraordinary
[editline]7th July 2013[/editline]
and admirable, good for her
[QUOTE=areolop;41349074]She does not look 18 in that picture. Good for her though on the scholarship. She got more money handed to her than I did when in school[/QUOTE]
Ime women from India tend to be very small.
[QUOTE=cucumber;41349670]please dont bane me but, who cares. what is special about her that, her news is in SH?
also, im happy for her.[/QUOTE]
It's hard to get by in life when you hear butt sex every night
[QUOTE=cucumber;41349670]please dont [B]bane[/B] me but, who cares. what is special about her that, her news is in SH?
also, im happy for her.[/QUOTE]
We won't
Your punishment must be more severe
Here's to hoping she doesn't end up working downstairs in the end.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;41349065]Yeah, you can have men ask to sleep with you and get sexually abused around age 11 or 12 now as well. Livin' the dream![/QUOTE]
This exact scenario appears multiple times throughout my diary.
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;41356987]This exact scenario appears multiple times throughout my diary.[/QUOTE]
i too have been 11 or 12 multiple times throughout my life
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;41348933]So does that mean her room is now available...?[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Zeke129;41349065]Yeah, you can have men ask to sleep with you and get sexually abused around age 11 or 12 now as well. Livin' the dream![/QUOTE]
You two are like the wombo combo for the Sensationalist Headline forums.
I missed you when you died Zeke.
[editline]8th July 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;41356987]This exact scenario appears multiple times throughout my diary.[/QUOTE]
[i]Write a book already[/i]
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