Sapna Sharma of Saptari is now 20 years old. According to the law, she has just reached the age of marriage. Sapna, who got married to Ram Sharma of Inaruwa Municipality-3 of Sunsari district before the age of 16, became a widow two years ago.
While returning home on a motorcycle from a furniture shop, Ram died on the spot when a truck with an Indian number plate carrying vegetables hit him near Sunsari Bridge in Inaruwa on July 7, 2076 BS. When her husband died, she was 18 years old and had a six-month-old daughter, Radhika, in her arms.
After the death of her husband, a great thunderbolt struck her life. Mother-in-law Pavitri Sutihar Sharma started cursing and beating Poi Tokugawa. After her husband's death, her mother-in-law and brother-in-law started harassing her by asking for dowry. They also stopped Maite from going to see her mother who was injured in the accident. She also said that one day when she was not in the room, she took away her jewelry.
Even the youngest daughter began to be discriminated against. Despite all the torture, she could not bear the harsh treatment of the infant and came to her mother's house. The dream of becoming a mother without being able to reach her youth has been very difficult in raising her daughter. Saptari's Hanumannagar Kankalini Municipality-1 Bhardaha Godiyari Tola Maiti's shelter in the dream of marriage was not even registered. With the initiative of mother Sarita Sharma and the facilitation of human rights activists, marriage registration, proof of relationship, and the birth of daughter have also been done.
She wants to continue her education after marriage and is planning to learn skills and get employment, but her family has not yet agreed to apply for citizenship. As she is married, she has to apply for citizenship in the name of her late husband. Having to fight hard for marriage registration, maintaining a relationship, and giving birth to a daughter, she is now struggling for citizenship.
'My daughter is young. After getting married after passing SLC, you have to study more, learn skills and find employment, otherwise how to take care of your growing daughter ', complained Sapna,' I got married at an early age without knowing it. She had to become a widow before reaching the age of marriage. How to live now. '
She regrets not being able to read more about her dream of working to make her daughter's future brighter. Although she was late, she studied up to class 10 at the Royal Secondary School, Portaha, Hanuman Nagar, Kankalini Municipality-3, and started teaching at the primary level of the same school. Has been doing.
Sapna said, "I now want to get higher education and permanent employment for my daughter but what can I do if I don't have citizenship?" Aiming to complete at least a bachelor's degree, she said, "No matter how much you increase your qualifications, it is impossible to get employment without getting citizenship." If she had a husband, she would have done it, but her mother-in-law and brother-in-law are not ready to do it. '
