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Submitted to Contest #332
CW: Addresses abortion, emotional abuse, and themes of oppression. My mother was a twenty-four-year-old woman with a bright red bindi between her soft brown eyes, dark hair flowing down to her waist, and a tray full of cookies with tea for the guests in front of her. She stood before her future in-laws. She was arranged to be married to their son—the tall, dark-haired, and strong-jawed 30-something-year-old in front of her. A proper Indian girl gets married early With their mutual approval, my parents got engaged on the frigid evening of th...
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