My name is Prem. I live in West Bengal, India. I was studying in Class 12 at that time. During that period, I got malaria. After I fell sick, our family started facing serious financial problems. I felt very broken because my father had passed away five years earlier, when I was in Class 9.
After my father passed away, I took the responsibility of running the household. I worked at a mechanic's shop, where I earned 5,000 rupees per month. With that money, I managed our expenses for myself and my mother. Gradually my salary increased, but our expenses also increased — like my college fees and my mother's medical expenses.
Because of everything, I was very stressed. Then I got malaria again and became bedridden. A lot of money was spent on my treatment. During that time, my mother started working at other people's houses. Just one week later, my grandfather passed away. My mother could not bear that loss, and she also passed away shortly after.