“He didn’t stop them because he wanted to earn without working, and I was the only option for him. After all, she was going to be engaged to my brother. I didn’t ask anything, I knew she’d tell me everything. “You know, every man in that family tried to touch me – Mama (maternal uncle), Kaka (paternal uncle), Masa (maternal aunt’s husband). “Since then? Till you moved out? Every day?”Īs we were sipping on some nimbu chai (lemon tea), I looked into her eyes. So, I thought it’s something to be done regularly.
Ma used to see me bleed, but she never did anything. I don’t feel the pain in my vagina anymore.”
