THANE: Someone who is abandoned by her family at the tender age of four years —along with a year-old kid brother—and reared at an orphanage would perhaps elicit pity even years later. Not many would expect much of such a child. But meet Shabana Shaikh, who has set an example for many others like her.
Now 22 years old, the feisty girl didn’t allow circumstances to dampen her spirits, and recently secured a seat in a medical college after clearing the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET 2021), thus achieving the first step towards realising her dream of becoming a doctor.
