“After marriage, it was a few years of struggle but everyone in my new home were nice to me. They showed love and called me by my name. I was used to a lot of hardships and I didn’t know that my life would change so quickly. I had accepted my fate. Today, I have a loving husband and children. They work. Sometimes they ask me for money and sometimes they bring me gifts. I am happy. And the villagers say, ‘How do you manage to keep that smile on your face all the time?'” (2/2) (Akriti Mahato, Meghauli, Chitwan)
