mumbai thirteenyearold deepika name changed differs from most schoolgoers her age she sits aside during sports classes unable to run around ever since terror hit home three years ago most of her school breaks are spent recounting her tryst with terror to her fellow students deepika was 10 when she was shot in her right leg by terrorists at cst station on november 26 2008 an artificial rod was inserted in her leg but it didnt deter her from testifying against ajmal kasab deepika who now lives in a slum in bandra e is a picture of grit and determination perhaps influenced by the frequent visits of policemen to her home or emboldened by a court appearance at such a tender age she has her eyes firmly set on her future her goal is to don the khaki i will become an ips officer like kiran bedi i want to eliminate all terrorists like kasab she says charged by the memory of the incident she says she would like to ask the government why kasab was still alive obama hunted down and killed osama if kasab is in the governments custody why is his case dragging on after three years she asks after the tragedy deepika enrolled at an englishmedium school where she scored 88 in her seventh grade but 2611 was a huge setback her father used to trade in saffron but is now jobless he says the family lost many belongings when they were hospitalised people in the old slum where we lived thought we were dead and looted our house we lost even our documents including deepikas birth certificate and our ration card he says people advise us to leave mumbai and return to our hometown but we havent done anything wrong why should we leave her father asks