They change our face, but not ruin our soul': Woman who was two months old when her father doused her in acid during attack which killed her mother now runs her own survivor foundation and forges a career as a fashionista

An Indian woman who was two months old when her father doused her in acid now runs her own survivor foundation and forges a career as a fashionista.

Anmol Rodrigous was left with a melted face and neck in the horrifying attack, which also killed her mother who was breast-feeding her at the time.

Despite her horrifying injuries, Anmol, now 23, proudly lives by herself in Mumbai in western India. She has not only overcome the physical and emotional pain, she has also become an inspiration to many women like her.

 She was barely two months old, curled up in her mother's lap and suckling on her breasts, when her father poured a can of acid on them, disfiguring her tiny face and blinding her in left eye. 

The motive of the assault was to get rid of both the child and the mother for giving birth to a 'girl'. 

 Anmol, which means priceless in Hindi, now unabashedly claims to be the happiest girl in the world and has developed into a fashionista, a trained salsa dancer and a creative brain for an online youth channel.

She is also an inspiration for acid attack survivors and runs an NGO Acid Survivor Sahas Foundation, through which she has helped 20 such women into employment and organised a lavish wedding for a friend. 

Anmol says: 'I love my life as it is. Not even once have I felt that I am different. This could also be because I only remember seeing myself with one eye and wrinkled, burnt skin.

I have very happily accepted myself and this has given me hopes and confidence to keep moving in life.'

Anmol has an ultra positive attitude and demeanour which attracts whoever she meets. She has nearly 25,000 followers on Instagram where she keeps posting her latest dance moves or photoshoots.