In Punjab, it was normal for girls to be married at 18, but I wasn’t ready for it. One day, I came home from college at noon, and by 5 o’clock the same day I was married. That was a huge shock for me.
I don’t know why my parents gave me away. It was the tradition at that time, and they believed he was a good man. Also, he was going to England, and they thought it would be good for me to get an education there. But I never wanted to go . . .