Kochi, India (CU)_ Anie Siva, now a Police woman in Kerala, was once a young mother with an infant, who was abandoned by her husband and was compelled to sell lemonade and ice cream to visitors in Varkala, Kerala, had never imagined one day she would become a police inspector in the same town.
The Kerala Police Department congratulated her achievement in a tweet. They tweeted, “A true model of willpower and confidence. An 18-year-old girl who was left on the streets with her 6-month-old baby after being abandoned by her husband and family has become Sub Inspector at Varkala police station.” Now, 31-year-old Anie Siva is serving at the Varkala police station as a probationary sub-inspector.
Ms Siva spoke about her struggling days in Varkala and how a small support made her achieve what she is today. She said, “I got to know that my posting is at Varkala police station only a few days back. This is a place where I have shed many tears with my small child, with no one to support me”. She continued, “At the stalls in Varkala Sivagiri ashram, I tried many small businesses like selling lemonade, ice-cream to handmade crafts. Everything flopped. It was then a man who suggested and helped me with money to study and write the exam for the sub-inspector post.”
Anie Siva married, opposing her family while pursuing her first-year degree at KNM Government College in Kanjiramkulam. Her spouse, however, abandoned her after she gave birth to a child. She tried hard to get back home, but her family refused to accept her. She and her son Shivasurya stayed in a shed at her grandmother’s house, and subsequently moved to find better employment. Anie Siva expressed delight over her success. She said, “I always wanted to be an Indian Police Service officer. But fate had other things in store. Now, I feel proud and also emotional with the kind of support I am getting after many shared my Facebook post in which I shared my joy in a brief note”.
Anie Siva believes that people should support one another and that her life experience will encourage any woman who is attempting to stand on her own. She said, “Fighting all odds, I was able to reach here. If other women get motivation from me to move forward in their life, I am happy”.
