THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: When Priyadarshini saw the news of a girl being pushed out of a moving train on Instagram, she didn’t think much about it but felt sad for the victim. It didn’t occur to her that the attacked woman was none other than her daughter, Sona. It was only after a call from her son Sreehari, now residing in Bengaluru, that Priyadarshini came to learn about the horrific news.

Priyadarshini's family does not own even a cent of land. Priyadarshini and her mother live in a small rented house in Palode. When Sona was three years old, Priyadarshini’s husband moved out of the family, forcing her to toil hard to bring up the children.

Recently, Sona married Appu, a resort employee from Aluva, after a brief dating. They then lived in Aluva. Priyadarshini, a swimming expert, now takes

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