<p>I was born in an era where a girl future is to marry , bear child &amp; take care of family. My parents started looking for suitable bridegroom for me, but I told that I will pursue college education. Knowing this they told me \"you can study as long as a groom selected for you\". From that day onward when I saw an unmarried girl taking up higher studies immediately a thought coming to my mind that \" perhaps her parents unable to  find a groom for her, so that she is studying</p>

South and Central Asia

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