Dia Hadid

Abhirami first heard about selling eggs from her neighbour while standing in line for her turn at the water pump.

Tell me where I can go and do it.

She sniffs.

He doesn't understand the difference between thick and thin.

Abirami says her neighbour told her, forget about your damn husband, he's not paying the rent.

You'll get 25,000 rupees, about $300, more than what you'd make in three months at the plastic gun factory.

Her neighbour knew about selling eggs because she had been in and out of hospitals herself.

To make ends meet, she used to sell her blood.

She once sold her eggs when she was younger.

She was once paid to carry a baby.

And she sold a kidney.

She shows us the scars.

She took Abhirami to a fertility clinic.

Abhirami says she can't read.

She only finished school to the second grade.

But her neighbour told her it was seven stops away on the bus.

So she counted them.

Abhirami says in the fertility clinic, she was hustled into a room where patients couldn't see her.

A nurse filled out a form on her behalf and told her to sign it with a thumbprint.

Abhirami says a nurse put gel on her stomach and scanned her.