Though a meagre amount of Rs 1,500 did not allow her to send her kids to good schools she saw to it that they got proper guidance. “I made sure that they gave proper time to their homework. That is why I never asked them to assist me in my work," she says.

The four siblings who have been educated and always had been motivated to be independent by their mother are now earning on their own despite all odds they faced.

Murli Bai's second daughter who is an assitant clerk in police services, says, " I could not study in a good school and college because of the financial problems we faced but when I see now I think whatever I have achieved is a big feat considering the kind of situation we were in."

Rohit Athalye was four when his parents divorced. His mother, Mrunalini, victim of polio found it hard to cope with the ensuing low phase. Without any aid from her husband, Mrunalini has been taking care of her son since last 19 years. " I took up the job of a clerk at National Institute of Naturopathy. It was tough for me to live with that amount of money. When I could not afford tution for my son I cried on my helplessness. But then my resolve to make him independent and self sufficient got stronger day by day," shares she. Her son Rohit, now 21, works as a system administrator at a well known IT firm. " I have seen her toiling through day and night with that limp. Surprisingly, even after so much she used to find time to teach me," says Rohit.