My name is Pala Mondal. I am about 24 years of age (DOB : 08.08.85), hindu and my mother tongue is Bengali. I have come to NIJOLOY from CHILD CARE HOME.
I used to stay with my parents, an elder brother and my grandfather at a small village in Andhra Pradesh. My mother committed suicide by jumping from a running train in front of my brother and myself. A lady traveling on the same train took charge of us and brought us to Midnapore, where I was appointed in a shop as a child labour. My elder brother also got a job in a hotel in Canning. Thus we were separated from each other at a very tender age.
I worked in that shop for almost ten years and then left that place to go and meet my brother at Canning. My brother got me married to a local boy, but I fled from there on the day after the marriage and boarded a train to come back to Kolkata. On my way back, I met a lady on the same train who having listened to my plight offered me a job in the city. As I was urgently in need of a job and with no place to go to, I gratefully accepted the offer.
The lady took me to the Khidirpore red light area where I was forced to enter the flesh trade. I had no other option but to entertain clients daily. I had to bear this inhuman existence for about a year before I could manage to flee from there too. The police got hold of me on the way and I was sent to the LILUAH HOME (Govt Home), from where I was sent to CHILD CARE HOME. After staying at this home for a considerable amount of time, I was shifted to NIJOLOY on 14.02.06
The mental and physical traumas in my life, starting with my mother’s suicide, working as a child labour, getting into a married relationship at a tender age and finally becoming a part of the flesh trade have all affected my brain and made me very stubborn and foul mouthed. I do occasionally pick up quarrels with other inmates of this home and even the house mothers. I sometimes do understand that I am quite helpless about the prevailing situation and behave without any control over myself. I have undergone several psychiatric and neurological checkups and allied investigations at govt/private institutions after been diagnosed with Bipolar Mood Disorder about five years ago.
I have also undergone several counseling sessions at NIJOLOY. This has helped me to gain partial control over my anger and frustration but I still need medications to tide over the frequent headaches and the manic episodes that punctuate my life. At times I refuse to take the medications and feel that the doctors have not diagnosed my case properly and as such the medicines are not benefiting me in anyway. I feel very sorry about such occasional turn of events and pass through a lot of stress, strain and agitation before relenting to accept the medications as advised. I was also diagnosed with bilateral axillary lipoma in May 2007 and had a left ear tympanoplasty operation in Nov 2007, for which I was hospitalized.
Inspite of all these problems, I try to remain calm and take an active interest in cooking and other cooking related activities.
I worked in that shop for almost ten years and then left that place to go and meet my brother at Canning. My brother got me married to a local boy, but I fled from there on the day after the marriage and boarded a train to come back to Kolkata. On my way back, I met a lady on the same train who having listened to my plight offered me a job in the city. As I was urgently in need of a job and with no place to go to, I gratefully accepted the offer.
The lady took me to the Khidirpore red light area where I was forced to enter the flesh trade. I had no other option but to entertain clients daily. I had to bear this inhuman existence for about a year before I could manage to flee from there too. The police got hold of me on the way and I was sent to the LILUAH HOME (Govt Home), from where I was sent to CHILD CARE HOME. After staying at this home for a considerable amount of time, I was shifted to NIJOLOY on 14.02.06
The mental and physical traumas in my life, starting with my mother’s suicide, working as a child labour, getting into a married relationship at a tender age and finally becoming a part of the flesh trade have all affected my brain and made me very stubborn and foul mouthed. I do occasionally pick up quarrels with other inmates of this home and even the house mothers. I sometimes do understand that I am quite helpless about the prevailing situation and behave without any control over myself. I have undergone several psychiatric and neurological checkups and allied investigations at govt/private institutions after been diagnosed with Bipolar Mood Disorder about five years ago.
I have also undergone several counseling sessions at NIJOLOY. This has helped me to gain partial control over my anger and frustration but I still need medications to tide over the frequent headaches and the manic episodes that punctuate my life. At times I refuse to take the medications and feel that the doctors have not diagnosed my case properly and as such the medicines are not benefiting me in anyway. I feel very sorry about such occasional turn of events and pass through a lot of stress, strain and agitation before relenting to accept the medications as advised. I was also diagnosed with bilateral axillary lipoma in May 2007 and had a left ear tympanoplasty operation in Nov 2007, for which I was hospitalized.
Inspite of all these problems, I try to remain calm and take an active interest in cooking and other cooking related activities.
(Presently Pala has left the home and gone to her brother's place. She has also married.)
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