(For BBC) A Tragic Life of a woman

       One year ago Tuni got married. She was eighteen years old. Her husband was a day laborer and an uneducated person. Tuni had a lot of dreams about her husband and her father-in-laws house. She used to dream about a happy family which was surrounded by love and happiness. She started her marriage life with happiness. However, her happiness didn’t stay for long time. At first Tuni’s husband was pleased with Tuni, but after some days he changed his behavior, he came to home at midnight. Day-by-day they faced many problem like misunderstanding and incredibility. Her husband didn’t believe her and she also likes that. Sometimes her husband’s beat her, but she didn’t have ability to protest.
      Tuni didn’t know about her husband’s past. She was not interested to know about her husband’s past, because she was an illiterate person. Before her marriage her family didn’t get more information about her husband and his family, because her family was also uneducated and poor. After her marriage she knew that her husband had another wife and children. When she heard that she felt very sad, but she had nothing to do for against her husband. All her dreams were broken
      Tuni thought that she was helpless and powerless. Now she knew her husband’s past. Her husband didn’t work after their marriage. He tries to force Tuni to go outside as a day laborer and earn money for him. Tuni didn’t agree to go. Then her husband tortured her. Sometimes he beat her and use slang words. Most of the time she didn’t say anything, but sometimes she raised her voice against her husband’s tortured, then her husband increases his tortured. Her parents couldn’t do anything for her. She lost her mother when she was child and her father got remarriage. As a result he didn’t look after his daughter. Her siblings didn’t do anything for her, because poverty took their voice. They had no ability to save her. In that she felt that another presence in her body.
      This is common picture in rural area in Bangladesh. Tuni is the one example of them.

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