Tinku Sheikh

I am the middle one of three brothers, we were all born and raised in a small village in West Bengal. All three of us began to work for other villagers while we were still in school. By the time I reached the 8th standard, I realised it won’t be possible to continue my education owing to the economic condition of our family. We were poor and I had to earn better to survive. So I left for Mumbai in 2010 hoping to get work and give my family a better life. After staying there for four months, I returned home for a month, but soon realised my parents are struggling to make ends meet. So my elder brother and I left home again to earn. We had to come back after five more months, as our grandfather had died. While living and working in the village, we got married and started living separately with our individual families. But soon, I decided to move back to Mumbai to earn better, and eventually start my own poultry farm.