Chandigarh Teen Lost Eyes In Acid Attack, Scores 95.6% In Class 12 Boards

Acid burned her eyes, not her ambition. Seventeen-year-old Kafi has defied all odds to score 95.6 per cent marks in her CBSE Class 12 boards, results of which were declared yesterday.

Kafi was just three when a neighbour threw acid at her during a family dispute, blinding her forever. But the light of dreams refused to be put off by the darkness. After undergoing treatment for years for her serious injuries, Kafi enrolled in the Institute for the Blind in Chandigarh. Her father, Pawan, works as a peon in the Haryana secretariat and mother, Suman, is a homemaker. Both of them studied till Class 5 and were determined that their daughter would get every opportunity they did not.