Khushboo completed her school education despite violent opposition from her father, who turned her out of his house because she insisted on continuing her education after 10 th grade. With the support from her grandmother, Khushboo completed her schooling at Prerna and resisted child marriage. She now has a masters degree in women studies and is pursuing a course in Nursery Teacher Training (NTT). Currently works as Production and Purchase manager at Didi's Foods & Creation.
Kushboo was 3-year-old when her mother passed away. Her father remarried and her step mother died leaving a one-year-old girl and six month old boy. Khushboo was pulled out of school to take care of her siblings at the age of 5. Her father then remarried the third time and her step mother was not so kind to her and her siblings.
There were frequent threats to stop her education and efforts to marry her off began once Khushboo turned 15. Determined to continue her education, Khusboo resisted and managed to finish her class 10 and topped her class. Her father was hell-bent to pull her out of school after class 10, when she objected he turned Khushboo out of his house, saying that he could not tolerate her defiance. Supported by her grandmother and Prerna school, Kushboo became an independent woman, living a life of her own choosing.
Khushboo is a walking example of how with the right kind of support (in her case Prerna Girls School) a strong willed girl can stand up to patriarchy and pave her own way.
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