Alone Awakened and Alive

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(50 58 69 1)>She began with nothing but four pairs of clothes-and a fierce will to survive. When Smithaa arrived in Mumbai life had stripped her of everything familiar and safe. With no financial support no helping hands and a heart heavy with uncertainty she worked night shifts in call centres just to make ends meet. By day she poured her energy into building a small business in promotional gifts-brick by brick without a safety net. At the same time she was fighting a silent war: a relentless 7-year-long battle for the custody of her children. No aid. No rest. No guarantees. Just the aching hope of a mother determined to reclaim what mattered most. Along the way she wore many hats-working in renowned multinational companies stepping into the bold world of entrepreneurship and even rising to become the Chief Editor of a magazine. But behind every title and achievement was a woman searching for something more. Something deeper. That search eventually led her inward-towards the path of healing self-discovery.</span></p>