This sex worker's daughter survived years of sexual abuse but she fought through to become a Zumba trainer. Meet Taniya from Mumbai.
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00:00It was very difficult to get out of what had happened and start anew.
00:23I didn't know that my mother was a sex worker.
00:26Every evening, I would put on make-up, wear a sari and go out.
00:32As a child, I used to imagine what my mother would do.
00:42But I was never scared to ask my mother or talk to anyone about it.
00:47When my mother would go to work, I would pin up her sari.
00:51When she would come back from work, I would pin up her sari.
00:55Whenever I would pin up her sari, it would end up somewhere else.
00:59I was very confused about what my mother would have to do.
01:04She would have to pin up her sari in a different place.
01:15I used to think a lot about it.
01:17Finally, there came a time when I would be with my normal family.
01:21I would be with my mother, father and sister.
01:24We would have lunch together every day.
01:27We would eat together at 1 pm.
01:29In my mind, family was the most important thing.
01:32But I didn't know that my family was going to change.
01:36I didn't know that I was going to face a big shock.
01:43When I would sleep at night, they would touch my private parts.
01:48I was never able to say anything.
01:50I was always scared that if I would tell my mother, she would think I was wrong.
01:55She would think that if I would say anything, she would get even more angry at me.
02:01She would think I was wrong.
02:03I was always scared of that.
02:06Because of that fear, I never told my mother.
02:09I used to think that I was living exactly my mother's life.
02:14There was one thing that I didn't do sexually.
02:17Otherwise, I was living exactly like her.
02:20Domestic violence, getting beaten up by her.
02:23Even if I didn't want to.
02:25There was a time when I used to think about my teenage years.
02:29I used to come home from school.
02:31I didn't change my uniform.
02:33He was ready to have sex with me.
02:35I used to come home from school.
02:37I didn't change my uniform.
02:39He was ready to have sex with me.
02:41These small things affected me a lot in my life.
02:45I was so emotionally down that I tried to commit suicide.
02:49I decided to go to the police station and file a case.
02:53There was a police station right in front of my house.
02:55I went to the police station twice to file a case.
02:57They didn't give me a case.
02:59They said, you are 16.
03:01We can't do anything for you.
03:03They called me and sent me home.
03:06In return, they beat me up again.
03:25For the first time, I was able to cry and say,
03:28this is me and this is what happened to me.
03:32Those words made me feel like a different woman.
03:38I didn't feel like a teenager anymore.
03:41I felt like I was something.
03:43I was worth it.
03:53He never accepted that he made a mistake.
03:57He felt that it was his love.
03:59He felt that whatever he has done, he has done right.
04:03It's not his fault. It's my fault.
04:06He said that.
04:08In front of my mouth, he said that it was my fault
04:11because I let him do it.
04:15He never accepted it.