"The seeds of strife had been watered, The careful mirage of love shattered."
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Pain. Scribble. Pain. (Part 1)
"Aabroo was told that her family had been kidnapped by Al-Qaeda and, in all possibility, murdered."
A Dream, Crushed
The normativity of violence against women that circumscribes not just this case, but the entire society in general, is eerily familiar; so much, that at first glance it doesn’t shock.
You
It all starts when you’re born; your first breath isn’t yours.
A Strange Honour
“She was fourteen, she was raped repeatedly by a twenty four year old, she was pregnant. Just fourteen.”
Messenger of God, Rape my Daughter
A mother brought a rapist home, locked him in a room with her daughter and asked him to rape her.
A Sword Above
To protect her family from harm or death, she endured rape, violence and blackmail...
The Unwanted
"Reshma did not have space for her sister, not even on the rubbish heap."
Hunters
Her mother told her father to cut her into pieces and throw them into the river. A neat and clean disposal. No traces. The entire family agreed.
The Face that Haunts Me
He threw his youngest daughter into the toilet causing her several injuries. Her hearing and speaking abilities continue to be impaired even today due to that incident.
