“Through Refresh, I want to excel in stitching…”
I got married at seventeen even though I wanted to continue my education. Luckily, my husband was supportive of my passion for studying. So, I was gifted a few more years with my books. But…
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“Now not only do I have a source of livelihood but…”
I was twelve when my family forced me to into marriage. I didn’t even know what it meant in the true sense. My husband was almost ten years older than me, patriarchal and orthodox. Where…
“I’m earning almost four times what I used to…”
Being a daily wager, my husband couldn’t earn enough to sustain a family of four. Problems increased during the covid as laborers were laid off. Earlier, I used to walk 16 km daily for work…
“Not only was I earning money, but we were …”
My husband was rendered completely jobless when the first wave of covid hit the country. The first year was a complete struggle, with my mother-in-law’s pension being the only source of income. The village I…