AN INDIAN teenager is returning to her homeland to help deprived children.

Colchester Sixth Form College student Elisha Khan will travel to Madurai in southern India to teach English and give aid to abandoned children.

Elisha, 17, who is studying English, French, philosophy, art, maths and physics, said she was shocked to discover how badly the state was affected by female infanticide.

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