The Inspiring Story of A Sex Worker's Daughter

Brut India

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.

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