With a grim face, she walks back and forth in the courtyard holding on to her mother’s sari. Fear is written all over her face. There is a tense, gloomy look on her face. When asked her name, she replied in a faint, trembling voice — Sania Akhtar. She is six years old and studies in Class One. Before the conversation could even finish, Sania’s mother responded, “Since that day, my daughter can’t sleep at night. She clings to me saying ‘fire, fire.’ When she cries, I cover her mouth so that no one can hear the sound.
