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#SoulStories
"I had just returned from school and saw a few visitors at home. My mother asked me to serve them tea. I realised they had come to ask my hand in marriage only after they left.
@moosa_jasmine
"I had just returned from school and saw a few visitors at home. My mother asked me to serve them tea. I realised they had come to ask my hand in marriage only after they left.
@moosa_jasmine
Within a week, I was engaged, and just three days later, I was married to a man I met on my wedding day for the first time. The night after the wedding, he tried to pin me down forcefully. One year later, I got to know he was autistic.
I filed for divorce. My family declared me a burden.
The next subsequent alliance was precisely the kind of guy I wanted. He assured me that he was ready to accept me for who I was. This could be a new chapter in my life.
The next subsequent alliance was precisely the kind of guy I wanted. He assured me that he was ready to accept me for who I was. This could be a new chapter in my life.
#SoulStories
"My father worked at a small shop on the side of the road, fixing people’s gas stoves and cookers. We lived in Supaul, a small town in Bihar. All we had was a Kacha house, and a mitti ka aangan outside.
@prachithakurphd
"My father worked at a small shop on the side of the road, fixing people’s gas stoves and cookers. We lived in Supaul, a small town in Bihar. All we had was a Kacha house, and a mitti ka aangan outside.
@prachithakurphd
We ate the same thing most days — roti, onions, and achaar.
I was bullied by my classmates and would run home crying. On innocently asking my father why he couldn’t work in an office like the others, he would wipe my tears and say,
I was bullied by my classmates and would run home crying. On innocently asking my father why he couldn’t work in an office like the others, he would wipe my tears and say,
'Money isn’t everything in life.' But back then, I didn’t realise the value of his words.
While girls in my area went to cooking classes, my father cooked for us. I realised that I had something none of them had — a father who cared about my dreams.
While girls in my area went to cooking classes, my father cooked for us. I realised that I had something none of them had — a father who cared about my dreams.
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#SoulStories #AcidAttackSurvivor
"On 11 January 2001, I was heading home from my clinic when a man, whose advances I had spurned, threw acid on me.
It was the landlord who I had rented the clinic from. He would follow me and misbehave.
#SoulStories #AcidAttackSurvivor
"On 11 January 2001, I was heading home from my clinic when a man, whose advances I had spurned, threw acid on me.
It was the landlord who I had rented the clinic from. He would follow me and misbehave.
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I filed a police complaint against him, and upon refusing to withdraw the complaint, he attacked me.
I would just lay in bed for over a year, thinking of what to do. I was disabled at the age of 26, and it was very difficult to accept.
I filed a police complaint against him, and upon refusing to withdraw the complaint, he attacked me.
I would just lay in bed for over a year, thinking of what to do. I was disabled at the age of 26, and it was very difficult to accept.
(3/9)
I had to be mentally very strong, as the recovery doesn't happen overnight. I had to be consistent with the treatment. Reconstructive surgery cannot be done in one sitting, as acid is a dangerous, poisonous chemical.
My parents and sisters were my rock.
I had to be mentally very strong, as the recovery doesn't happen overnight. I had to be consistent with the treatment. Reconstructive surgery cannot be done in one sitting, as acid is a dangerous, poisonous chemical.
My parents and sisters were my rock.
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“For disabled women, the road to discovering our sexuality is lonely. We’ve all been repeatedly gaslighted by a society that refuses to acknowledge and listen to disabled voices.
“For disabled women, the road to discovering our sexuality is lonely. We’ve all been repeatedly gaslighted by a society that refuses to acknowledge and listen to disabled voices.
(2/11)
I’d notice people’s gaze change when they laid their eyes on me at airports, grocery stores, and malls. So I learned a trick to deal with it. I would take off my spectacles whenever I was in a public place so I wouldn’t notice them staring at me.
I’d notice people’s gaze change when they laid their eyes on me at airports, grocery stores, and malls. So I learned a trick to deal with it. I would take off my spectacles whenever I was in a public place so I wouldn’t notice them staring at me.
(3/11)
Disabled people are often taught that only a certain kind of ability is capable of being attractive, falling in love, getting married, or settling down.
Disabled people are often taught that only a certain kind of ability is capable of being attractive, falling in love, getting married, or settling down.
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"Having practised as a gynaecologist for over 15 years, I held a prejudice towards unmarried and sexually active patients. Though I provided them with the same standard of care as my other patients, I must admit that I wasn’t completely judgment-free towards them.
"Having practised as a gynaecologist for over 15 years, I held a prejudice towards unmarried and sexually active patients. Though I provided them with the same standard of care as my other patients, I must admit that I wasn’t completely judgment-free towards them.
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However,things began to shift drastically when I saw a patient in my clinic who came with complaints of unusually heavy bleeding.After much probing, she told me that she had consumed 30 tablets of the emergency contraceptive pill to abort her pregnancy as she was unmarried.
However,things began to shift drastically when I saw a patient in my clinic who came with complaints of unusually heavy bleeding.After much probing, she told me that she had consumed 30 tablets of the emergency contraceptive pill to abort her pregnancy as she was unmarried.
(3/9)
Perplexed, I asked her why she didn’t visit me or any other gynaecologist before consuming the tablets. She said she didn’t dare to do so as she had previously felt humiliated at a gynaecologist’s clinic, for they shamed her about being sexually active and unmarried.
Perplexed, I asked her why she didn’t visit me or any other gynaecologist before consuming the tablets. She said she didn’t dare to do so as she had previously felt humiliated at a gynaecologist’s clinic, for they shamed her about being sexually active and unmarried.
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1/ “In August 2014, I got married through a matrimonial website to an advocate in Indore. Things were going well apart from a few small arguments which I didn’t really think of as something that would greatly affect our relationship... (contd.👇)
1/ “In August 2014, I got married through a matrimonial website to an advocate in Indore. Things were going well apart from a few small arguments which I didn’t really think of as something that would greatly affect our relationship... (contd.👇)
2/ In October 2015, my mom and I were travelling at night from Jaipur to Jodhpur in a bus when we met with a terrible accident. I lost my mother on the spot and I fractured seven-eight of my ribs. My husband came over for 10 days before returning to Indore...." 👇
3/ I was staying at my cousin’s place and remember repeatedly asked my husband to come and take me home. I was not able to walk on my own, eat on my own or even sit on my own, I just wanted to go home, I needed my husband.....👇
