A superhero for Oppressed kids

Homemaker by day and saviour by night. Nupur Ghosh has saved over 80 children from being trafficked. Sulagna Sengupta meets this 'Wonder Woman'

- Sulagna Sengupta

Deeply moved by the plight of trafficked children, 52-year-old homemaker Nupur Ghosh dedicated all her resources to establishing an NGO called Srishtir Pathe in 2014 in Madhyamgram.

Since then, she has saved around 80 children who were being trafficked to various locations. Ghosh, a middle-class housewife who always dreamed of setting up a large shelter to assist trafficking victims, took a significant step by forming a small NGO to help some of these individuals.

"The main purpose of my life is to collaborate with the state government to set up a larger NGO that can provide better facilities for trafficked children," says Ghosh.

Recalling her initial struggles, Ghosh shares, "Because my work often required frequent nighttime travels to rescue victims with the help of the police, I was branded as a bad woman in my in-laws' community in Madhyamgram.