Pujitha is the first of two children in her family. She has one younger brother. Pujitha is in the 8th grade in school. She comes from a very poor and remote village. Her father has abandoned the family, and she is happy to stay in the orphanage. Her mother, Anjali, goes to work in a shop. She is uneducated, very poor financially, and stays in a rented house. Pujitha is good at badminton and running.