14-yr old Indian girl wins a divorce

#1

14-yr old Indian girl wins a divorce

Posted: 6/22/05 at 3:16pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4120238.stm

Good for her! I can't imagine having to live like that.

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#2

re: 14-yr old Indian girl wins a divorce

Posted: 6/22/05 at 3:28pm

14 years old and forced into marriage.
That is really upsetting.
My company is based in Dubai and Bangalore.

Updated On: 6/22/05 at 03:28 PM

#3

re: 14-yr old Indian girl wins a divorce

Posted: 6/22/05 at 3:29pm

Where've you been? That's been happening forever.

#4

re: 14-yr old Indian girl wins a divorce

Posted: 6/22/05 at 3:34pm

I know. It is terrible. Everytime I hear something like that it still baffles me.
When I was around 11 years old my Mother took me to Israel for a trip. There was an Arab man sitting on the other side of me.(On the plane)
He told my Mother he thought I was beautiful and asked if he could buy me. It freaked me out. My Mother teased me till I was in my twenties that she kept his number just in case I was bad.
He was serious. Disgusting.
He had a long beard and had to be 35-40. I was 11.
Glad to be living in America.

Updated On: 6/22/05 at 03:34 PM

#5

re: 14-yr old Indian girl wins a divorce

Posted: 6/22/05 at 3:35pm

Now that I've heard your story, Corine...thank goodness I live in America.

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#6

re: 14-yr old Indian girl wins a divorce

Posted: 6/22/05 at 3:35pm

That is one happy ending, heaven only knows how many are still trapped in an unwanted "marriage"

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#7

re: 14-yr old Indian girl wins a divorce

Posted: 6/22/05 at 3:36pm

That's kinda funny though.. about the teasing.

But congrats to the girl. I'm surprised they let though. I won't be surprised if the other teenage wives revolt against they're husbands.

Might make way for a good play, or movie, or documentary.

#8

re: 14-yr old Indian girl wins a divorce

Posted: 6/22/05 at 3:38pm

It is funny now. I wanted to change seats then.
Glad I was not sold into a harem.

Updated On: 6/22/05 at 03:38 PM

#9

re: 14-yr old Indian girl wins a divorce

Posted: 6/22/05 at 3:39pm

Her husband was only 15!!!!!! That is really gross marrying a 14 year old to a 15 year old and expecting them to live as man and wife. I thought they always picked the husbands much older. At any rate, I think it's sick!!!!!!

#10

re: 14-yr old Indian girl wins a divorce

Posted: 6/22/05 at 3:41pm

that's life in india..

Did any of us argue about Wicked, because that's the same thing that happens to Fiyero and his wife Serena..

Updated On: 6/22/05 at 03:41 PM

#11

re: 14-yr old Indian girl wins a divorce

Posted: 6/22/05 at 3:44pm

good for her. i hope others in her situation can do the same.

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#12

re: 14-yr old Indian girl wins a divorce

Posted: 6/22/05 at 4:19pm

Corine,
Did the Arab guy on the plane think you looked like
Stephanie D'Abruzzo from Q?

Updated On: 6/22/05 at 04:19 PM

#13

re: 14-yr old Indian girl wins a divorce

Posted: 6/22/05 at 4:59pm

First off, the Arab guy on the plane sounds effin GORGEOUS. I woulda been all "Bye mom, nice knowing ya. Time for Namo to live in HIGH STYLE!"

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#14

re: 14-yr old Indian girl wins a divorce

Posted: 6/22/05 at 5:02pm

LOL, Namo.
I was 11. I was a child. Besides, I was living in a palace at 11.

Updated On: 6/22/05 at 05:02 PM

#15

re: 14-yr old Indian girl wins a divorce

Posted: 6/22/05 at 5:06pm

It sounds so romantic...a stranger on a plane. I suspect Charlotte would have thought so too.

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#16

re: 14-yr old Indian girl wins a divorce

Posted: 6/22/05 at 5:08pm

criss cross, double cross. Oh wait. That was the night train to Kathmandu

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#17

re: 14-yr old Indian girl wins a divorce

Posted: 6/22/05 at 5:09pm

It was not romantic. It was disgusting.
Imagine a man asking to buy your 11 year old daughter.
I did not think it was funny and my Mother would always bring it up to scare me.
The man 35-40. You people are sick.

#18

re: 14-yr old Indian girl wins a divorce

Posted: 6/22/05 at 5:13pm

Corine, that is awful. I can't imagine any parent saying yes, even in India!!!!!!

#19

re: 14-yr old Indian girl wins a divorce

Posted: 6/22/05 at 5:16pm

Definetly not romantic.

You poor thing...

#20

re: 14-yr old Indian girl wins a divorce

Posted: 6/22/05 at 5:20pm

Not even if he threw in a new car???

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#21

re: 14-yr old Indian girl wins a divorce

Posted: 6/22/05 at 5:29pm

Etoile-
Not funny, Etoile. I was bid on like property.
I am not for sale.
It is not funny and it goes on which makes me sick.
I was reading a few stories about women (girls 11-16) are sold everyday as sex slaves. There was even a bust in NYC.
It was in New York magazine a few months ago.
Sick stuff.
I don't think this is a laughing manner.

#22

re: 14-yr old Indian girl wins a divorce

Posted: 6/22/05 at 5:29pm

Okay, honey. Let's just bury the damn car.

#23

re: 14-yr old Indian girl wins a divorce

Posted: 6/22/05 at 5:54pm

Oh no, that car is here as long as you are Captain.

Corine, you were bid on? There was more than one Arab bidding on you? That is incredibly flattering. Imagine, two guys with all the resources in the world offering them up for YOU!

I thought it was just a flat out offer one guy made. This is very different.

And HOT.

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#24

re: 14-yr old Indian girl wins a divorce

Posted: 6/22/05 at 5:59pm

There was a thing in TX a while ago about a vietnamese sex ring being busted. 16 girls were found in the basement of an "upscale Dallas home".

Very sick.

#25

re: 14-yr old Indian girl wins a divorce

Posted: 6/22/05 at 6:08pm

I've seen some of those upscale basements. VERY nice.

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