six were struggling for a square meal.

Jasmine Liyakhath wearing a smile despite all adversity.

Amidst of all these turmoils, the very thought of realising her dream was at a great distance. But destiny had something else in store for Jasmine and her children. When Jasmine’s fourth son, Zulfikherjoined the MBBScourse this year, she is in cloud nine by becoming a mother of five doctors under the same roof.

Her deceased husband was a heart patient. When he had massive heart attack, although Jasmine rushed Liyakhath to the nearby hospital, he got medical attention late for want of a Cardiologist. Subsequently, he passed away, leaving his wife and five children literally on road.

From (L-R): Zulfikher-Jasmine-relative-Jesna- Ziyana-Akbar-Shesna

The bank loan Liyakhath raised for setting up Ice factory of Rs.12 lakh later became aliability of Rs.15 lakh and that was the time he died of heart attack. The court stuck the notice of attachment of the property on the front door Jasmine’s house. The couple’s eldest daughter Ziyana was in Class IX then and her sibling, Jesnawas in Class II. The rest of the kids, Shesna, Zulfiker Ali Khan and Akbar Ali Khan were less than three years. Without a job or income on her own, Jasmine felt that she was fast slipping into quicksands. When her husband was alive, the girl children were sent to Convent school. When Jasmine was not able to pay the fees, the school authorities sent the girls out. Ziyanawas enrolled in the Government Boys School (those days for plus 1 and 2 girls were enrolled).