Haseena, who’s life took a complete turn on April 20, 1999 when her employer Joseph Rodriques, threw acid on her face, has some reasons to pin a hope on, after eight long arduous years.

“It’s a big victory for the acid attack victims, Campaign and Struggle Against Acid Attack on Women (CSAAAW) and Human Rights Law Network (HRLN).

We have been fighting for it for eight years now. I only hope it’s implemented immediately because acid attack victims need it really badly,” Haseena told Deccan Herald. “There’s a provision for government to offer us jobs, which is a great relief. Because nowhere else, in the private sector, will anybody give us jobs. Society doesn’t accept us; people feel giddy coming close to me. They get upset on seeing me,” said the 27-year-old, who lost both her eyes in the attack.

Haseena was doing a correspondence course in B Com from Bangalore University and working for a garment firm when the incident happened.

“I wanted to become a fashion designer but it’s all a dream now. I’m completely dependent on my parents and can’t move out of the house,” she said.

“If government provides a job we will have some means of livelihood. It will help someone like Shanthi, another acid attack victim, in Mysore to fend for herself and her children,” said Haseena.