Geetha (not her real name) is a 19-year- old housewife who has been married previously. During her first marriage, she had had a child, now 1 ½ years old. Unfortunately, that marriage had not worked out and so she and her husband had divorced. She has married again and now lives with her second husband’s family....
Nalini (not her real name) is a 22-year- old housewife with a young daughter. Two months before we met her, she had drunk from a bottle of pesticide in a bout of sudden anger towards her husband. At the time, she had not thought of her child or husband and had not wanted to die.She...
Sarath (not his real name) is a 58-year-old Sri Lankan man who works as a labourer and carpenter. Unfortunately, his wife has worked as a migrant worker in the Middle East for most of their married life. He has therefore brought up two girls alone, caring for them, cooking for them, educating them. Sometimes he finds...
