Summary:
Farhana, 35, a single mother lives in the dinghy lanes of a slum in Delhi`s Trilokpuri with her sons - Sameer, 9, and Shoaib, 13.
They used to study at a Delhi government school.
But for five months they have not attended a single online class because the family cannot afford even a basic phone, let alone a smartphone.
"It`s troubling.
If our kids don`t study what kind of a future will they have? This is what I am worried about and over which I have sleepless nights.
I fear that my kids may end up illiterate like me.
New Delhi: Farhana, 35, a single mother lives in the dinghy lanes of a slum in Delhi`s Trilokpuri with her sons - Sameer, 9, and Shoaib, 13.
They used to study at a Delhi government school.
But for five months they have not attended a single online class because the family cannot afford even a basic phone, let alone a smartphone.
"It`s troubling.
If our kids don`t study what kind of a future will they have? This is what I am worried about and over which I have sleepless nights.
I fear that my kids may end up illiterate like me.