Amudha started to work in place of her mother when she wasn't strong enough for the job. She earns daily wages of 50-100 rupees by pulling the fishing net from the sea, at times the net could be as heavy as one ton or more.

Selvi started to work with her mother when she was 8 and could never go to school. She fell in love with a neighbour at an early age and was pregnant at the age of 14. She was abandoned by the guy after a temple marriage was arranged to settle the case out of the court. Selvi waited for his husband to come back for almost 3 years while he was working away in Dubai and then later fought her case for almost 8 years in court for divorce. Finally received a compensation of Rs. 50,000, half of this amount was already spent on lawyers and official proceedings.