She was 20 years old when she was abandoned with a baby. She has defied the obstacles to become a Police today.

When someone asked Anie what she wanted to be when she was in first grade, she leaped up and said “police.” Kiran Bedi, the country’s first female IPS officer, was her idol. Her father wished for her to join the IPS. Her little mind was imprinted by the dream. Anie was encouraged to work hard in school, and she was never held back in anything because she was a girl. At the age of 18, a life decision shattered many aspirations. She’d dropped out of college, was divorced from an early marriage, and had a child. Years of effort followed, but three days ago, the first of her aspirations came true. Anie Siva was appointed Sub Inspector of Police in Thiruvananthapuram’s Varkala Station.

Anie’s tale is currently all over the place. She had posted a brief comment on Facebook about her terrible life. “However, growing up in the town of Neyyatinkara was a wonderful experience for me (in Thiruvananthapuram). There was no mango tree in our area that I hadn’t climbed, no fence that I hadn’t leapt, and no bicycle that I hadn’t attempted riding. I was never held back from trying new things because I was a girl. My parents let me do whatever I wanted. And I used to do exceptionally well in school,” Anie explains.

In her first year of college, while studying Sociology, she fell in love, married, and became a mother all too soon. She didn’t finish college. Her family did not approve of any of this and evicted her. Two years later, she divorced her husband and left with her young boy. She was not welcome to return to her home. “My father, who was at the time in the Gulf, called the police to report that I had forced my way into the house,” Anie explains.

She went to live with her grandma for a few months before moving into another residence with her son. She gradually began to reassemble the pieces of her life that had abruptly come apart. Anie resumed her studies where she had left off, and she began doing odd jobs to make ends meet.

“For a while, I did door-to-door merchandise delivery. When that didn’t work, I tried my hand at being an insurance agent. That, too, failed miserably. “I am not very good at talking to and persuading people,” Anie admits. She drew exceptionally well and sketched for college students’ projects on the side. Anie stated on Facebook that she used to sell ice cream and lemonade in Varkala.

She also explored small companies on the advice of a friend. But that, too, failed. “Then a relative suggested that I try my hand at police work. It was also my father’s ambition for me to become a police officer. As a result, in 2014, I took the Kerala police recruiting examinations. I got rid of them. The initial job posting was for a policeman. I was called for SI training in 2019. I concluded the program in July 2020 and have been on probation in Kochi for the past few months.”

Her mother moved in with her two years ago to assist her in care for her son Siva Surya. They are now housed in the police quarters. “I requested a transfer to Kochi City because that’s where we’ve been living and I don’t want to change my son’s school again. He’s always been moving because of me.”

She was given the transfer. Everything appears to be going well for her today — her son is doing well in Class 7, her work is stable, her aspirations are gradually becoming a reality, and she is still just 31 years old. The one want she has left is to hear from her father, who has yet to break his silence. And to be able to live with her parents again, as she used to.

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