writings_by_anne
In rural Uttar Pradesh, society decides the fate of girls before they can even speak for themselves. Shivani, a sixteen-year-old, becomes the bride of a foreign return 24-year-old man she barely knows.
"Dekha hai us ladki ko bacchi si lagti hai mere saamne. Kyu meri shaadi karwa di usse mai nahi rahunga uske saath."
"Aap aisa kyu bol rahe hai mujhe ghar wapas mat bhejiye. Gaav wale mujhe maar denge mai haath jodti hu aapke samne mujhe mat chordiye."
Will he accept her one day?
Will she ever find love?
#2 in Traditional
#3 in childmarriage