I don’t want this fate for my daughters – “My husband washes utensils and sweeps the floors at doctors’ houses and my children do the groceries. I work as a maid in three houses. I was 15 or 16 when I got married. I was married off at a young age so I don’t want the same fate for my daughters. Our parents gave our hand in marriage without any thought but we’ll not do the same. I have the example of my own life and I will not let this happen in the future to my daughters. Early marriage means we have to shoulder responsibilities from a very young age. Pathans are all for early marriages and if they say it’s to be done, we can’t object to it. We can’t go against the family. It will be difficult. We can try but I know we can’t succeed against customs.”
