Thiruvananthapuram: She came to Kerala in search of a better future for her kids, instead she was raped and tortured. The 34-year-old Bangladeshi woman, who was forced into the flesh trade in Kozhikode, has come out with a book she wrote in Bengali, comprising poems, a short story and paintings throwing light into the painful days of her life.

A mother of three, she is a Std VII school dropout who fell into the hands of sex racketeers in the city and was raped. She later managed to escape and sought shelter in a state-run shelter home.