JAIPUR: Twenty one-year-old Saba Naaz, a hijab-clad medical student at a private university, doubles up as an anchor-cum-coordinator at the ongoing
protest at Albert Hall
in Jaipur.
She is the eldest among the three sisters who come from the orthodox Ahmed family. Saba’s two schoolgoing sisters — Hiba, 17, and Huda, 16, along with their parents Tariq Ahmed and mother Gulshan Tariq have been attending the protest at the hall since January 2 (Day 1). Facing objections from the family and friends for taking girls at the protest site has not deterred Tariq, who believes that his daughters are fighting for a cause.
The family has changed its routine just to adjust to the protest timings. Soon after the trio comes from their institutes and Tariq, a stamp vendor at the local court, they head for the protest site. Initially, the family was among the several protesters, but soon the trio became noticeable faces. Tariq’s eldest child is a son who works to support his family.
“My father has invested everything including his savings on our education. I am proud to have born in a family which has gone all out for our studies. We are the only sisters in our extended family who got the privilege to study in an English medium school,” Saba said. Her two sisters Huda and Hiba are class 11 and 12 students, respectively.