My maid's daughter Reshma is 15 years old. The other day she came home accompanied by a friend who looked even younger than her. Later Reshma told me that the girl was a mother of two kids. She was married off at the age of 10 years as soon as she attained puberty. I couldn't believe my ears but it's true. I keep telling my maid not to marry Reshma off till she turns 18. But it looks like she is under a lot of pressure from her community and may succumb to those pressures soon. I try educating her to the problems of early marriage and pregnancy and hopefully some of these facts will deter her.
Now, this is a cause I can have some direct impact on. I refuse to be bullied into supporting a cause that I can't totally understand. I do support the fight against corruption, but the Lokpal Bill I have reservations about.