26/11 Stories of Strength: Viju Chauhan

Presented by The Indian Express, Facebook & Instagram In the lanes around her home in the Ambedkar Nagar slum in Cuffe Parade, South Mumbai, she’s known as Goli. Sometimes, mockingly, neighbours will call her ‘Chhabbis-gyarah’ or ‘AK-47’. But Tejaswini Shyamu Chauhan is most commonly known by the name she was half-jokingly given by a gynaecologist who delivered her on the night of November 26, 2008. Her mother Viju Chauhan, 37, was already in the labour room when two terrorists attacked the Cama and Albless Hospital near St Xavier’s College. And when Tejaswini was born, at 10.50 pm that night, Pakistani gunmen Ajmal Kasab and Abu Ismail were on the landing of the stairway leading to the building terrace, lobbing grenades and holding off a team of policemen two floors below with sustained machine gun fire. ——————————————————————————————— Subscribe for more videos: http://goo.gl/RjJrX0 Like us on Facebook:   / indianexpress   Follow us on Twitter:   / indianexpress   Download the Indian Express app at http://indianexpress.com/apps/ Watch more videos at http://www.indianexpress.com/videos Indian Express, The Indian Express Newspaper, The Indian Express, Indian express news, indian express editorial Today's Indian Express newspaper offers a comprehensive package of news, including Indian Express editorial analysis and Indian Express analysis today. This well-respected publication covers a wide range of topics in its India Express editorial and Indian Express news sections. Stay informed with the Indian Express newspaper today.