 While she was nine years old, her family was living in the Indian city of Bhopal because her father was posted in the Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.During that time, on the night of 3 December 1984, methyl isocyanate gas leaked from Bhopal's Union Carbide plant that killed many people.When this gas tragedy occurred, her family and she were staying at the Army Center which was a few kilometers away from the plant.