Bollywood actress helps domestic violence victims
Years after Somy Ali left her glamorous life as a Bollywood actress, she heard a knock on her door from a Bangladeshi neighbor, asking for help.
The woman said she'd been sexually and physically abused for a decade by her husband, his father and his brother. Ali paid for the woman's apartment and divorce.
"I said 'There have to be more women like this,'" Ali said.
So she founded a not-for-profit organization called No More Tears Inc. in 2006. So far it has helped 48 women. Ali funds her organization in part by giving 10 percent of the revenue from her clothing company, So-Me Designs.
"These people have become part of my family," she said. "There is nothing more gratifying than rescuing a woman."
Ali's own life reads like a Bollywood...