Written by: Shreeda Risal - 29031, Grade VII
Posted on: 15 September, 2023
There used to live a girl named Arya. Arya’s family were very strict and never used to send her daughter to school with the thought that she is a girl she will marry and go to her husband’s house and never get a good job. “She is very useless no use of hers why did we give birth to her she is just a burden for us this girl is only for the house work not for outside work.” Were the words family members spoke back at her. Then they tried to arrange marriage for her while she was a child but the other family rejected her because she was not beautiful as they wanted, not the way a girl should look fair skin, slim body and long hair like a barbie doll. She was a puppet who the boys were going to control. The father was there to control till the age of marriage. Then husband became in incharge of her life. The next were childrens who were born from her to control her. There was no freedom in the girl’s life at that time. Child marriage was accepted. It was totally fine. There was a new family in the neighbourhood who were rich and also educated. Then the neighbour saw Arya being mentally tortured, beaten, discriminated against, harassed by her family. Then the neighbour thought of adopting her. The neighbour's family went and asked her family if they could adopt her. Then Arya’s family were very happy because they thought their burden was going to be less. Arya joined the new family and lived a happy life thereafter. Her passion to write for a number of hours for several months turned into a dream. She became a famous writer in her 30s. Her biological family said that she was their daughter. Then Arya corrects them that the foster family was her actual family. Her biological family tagged her as a burden, while the fostering family cared for her, nurtured her passion and she turned to be a famous writer. Moral: Every child is special, they just need the right environment and right people to be surrounded.
