Child-Mother
It seems like an era that I have penned down any of the countless thoughts circulating in my head. I am not sure why in the middle of the night I got this sudden urge to sit and just write something in order to vent out all these feelings and relieve myself. It reminded me of Professor Dumbledore who used to take out and store a portion of his reminiscence aside so that he can analyse it later.
“What is it that is disturbing me?” This question keeps nagging me again and again. I have gone about my daily chores as usual. Nothing unusual has happened in the day or in fact the past week as well, which should disturb me to the core. Then what is it?
Then suddenly like a revelation the thoughts go back to around 10 days.
“What is it that is disturbing me?” This question keeps nagging me again and again. I have gone about my daily chores as usual. Nothing unusual has happened in the day or in fact the past week as well, which should disturb me to the core. Then what is it?
Then suddenly like a revelation the thoughts go back to around 10 days.
I and my friend had gone down for shopping to a busy hub in Pune.We were on a spending mood and got anything and everything that we could lay our hands on. After around 4 hours of shopping like freaks, we finally decided to rejuvenate ourselves with sugarcane juice which is like “Amrit” during summers’.
Searching for a shop like this is not easy. Finally we found one located in a corner which would otherwise have been overlooked if we weren’t desperate.
The shop was owned by a father/daughter duo and looking at the girl we thought she won’t be more than 13 years old. Very cute and friendly she took extra care in our well being.
We replenished ourselves and were about to pay and leave when a cute boy of about 2 years walked up to us and gave the most heart rendering smile. The radiance of the smile took away all our fatigue.
My friend love kids and when I say love kids I mean “LOVE+ADORE+ FINDS THEM IRRESISTIBLE”.
She cannot stop herself from picking the kid and kissing him on his chubby cheeks.
Asking around whose kid it was we got another shocker. The baby belonged to the small girl who was serving us juice at the stall.
We were surprised and this time forgetting our manners we openly asked the girl what her age is.
She replied shyly that she was 17 years which left us totally perplexed. “What”? She must have been married when she was 14.
14 years? Is this an age to be married and be burdened with household responsibilities? She was hardly an adult and she is already a MOM.
We all know that child marriage is prohibited but still this institution is going on in spite of so much effort being put by the govt and NGOs to curb this social stigma.
The gravity of the situation dawns on us only when we come face to face with the nudity of the circumstances.
I know you must be thinking “What she has only realized now that child marriage is still prevalent?”
Actually we read about it in the newspapers everyday but do not understand the enormity of the situation until we face it firsthand. We just tend to read and ignore or put the liability of it all on the govt.
“Am I so selfish that all I can see is I, me and myself? After all I am not facing it right? Is this what 18-20 years of education has taught me?”
Searching for a shop like this is not easy. Finally we found one located in a corner which would otherwise have been overlooked if we weren’t desperate.
The shop was owned by a father/daughter duo and looking at the girl we thought she won’t be more than 13 years old. Very cute and friendly she took extra care in our well being.
We replenished ourselves and were about to pay and leave when a cute boy of about 2 years walked up to us and gave the most heart rendering smile. The radiance of the smile took away all our fatigue.
My friend love kids and when I say love kids I mean “LOVE+ADORE+ FINDS THEM IRRESISTIBLE”.
She cannot stop herself from picking the kid and kissing him on his chubby cheeks.
Asking around whose kid it was we got another shocker. The baby belonged to the small girl who was serving us juice at the stall.
We were surprised and this time forgetting our manners we openly asked the girl what her age is.
She replied shyly that she was 17 years which left us totally perplexed. “What”? She must have been married when she was 14.
14 years? Is this an age to be married and be burdened with household responsibilities? She was hardly an adult and she is already a MOM.
We all know that child marriage is prohibited but still this institution is going on in spite of so much effort being put by the govt and NGOs to curb this social stigma.
The gravity of the situation dawns on us only when we come face to face with the nudity of the circumstances.
I know you must be thinking “What she has only realized now that child marriage is still prevalent?”
Actually we read about it in the newspapers everyday but do not understand the enormity of the situation until we face it firsthand. We just tend to read and ignore or put the liability of it all on the govt.
“Am I so selfish that all I can see is I, me and myself? After all I am not facing it right? Is this what 18-20 years of education has taught me?”
The best way to tackle this as we all know, is educate people.I for one has joined an organisation which gives free education to underprivileged kids. What about u?
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