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 A girl(Sangeeta) was born in a very remote village of Bihar, as she grew she was not offered any education and was totally dedicated towards her marriage. She was always told that the only aim in her life was to marry someone and raise a family. Time passed and she was 15. At this point let me make you aware of a marriage tradition that you all must have heard and that is " Pakadawa Vivah" . In this Vivah or marriage, the bride's family chooses a groom or keeps an eye on someone they want to marry their girl, and on the decided date, the bride side just kidnaps the supposed groom and is forced into marriage. This is something that has been practiced for so long in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Pakadawa Vivah also saved the dowry that the bride's parents have to offer to the groom in return for the marriage. Sangeeta was born at a time when there were no strict rules against Pakadawa Vivah and as she was one of the 5 sisters in her home her faith was already decided. As sh...

    Being a girl is not so simple in a society like mine, I belong to a middle class family from a small village in Bihar. My father is a teacher and I have two brothers and I am the middle one. When I passed my matriculation everyone was happy but there were some people who had this thought in their mind that these things are not meant for girls, achievements are only meant for boys. After my matriculation I decided to go to city to prepare for JEE and intermediate and this idea was refused by all my relatives but I always had my father by my side. He supported me no matter what, my parents were there to always stand for me. When I went to the city my neighbours started talking behind that i was living alone in the city who knows I am studying there or doing some other kind of unacceptable things. They even used to question my parents about this that they should not send a girl to study because it is very risky and might affect their marriage.   This was all that was goi...