Shamsad

My name is Shamsad Ali.

They call me motka (fatso). My mother, Unti, is a housewife and my father, Idris Mohammad, works in the jute mill. I am eleven and have two elder brothers, Taj Mohammad and Raj Mohammad. Taj has not been to school, he repairs bicycles, while Raj, a year older than me, studies in the madrasa (Islamic religious school).

I go to the Howrah Haat School, and am now in Class 2. I like quizzes and doing arithmetic problems. I would like to be a doctor when I grow up.