![]() ![]() ![]() Smita struggles to maintain her journalistic impartiality when she talks to Meena and sees her horrifying injuries. The lawyer who has taken her case for free tells Smita the Indian media have ignored the story, saying “Do you think they can be bothered with such a story? After all, these were Hindus killing a Muslim. Perhaps the ultimate outrage for Meena’s brothers is that she is now suing them. To teach those Muslim dogs their proper station in life.” One of the brothers says it was “to protect the honor of all Hindus. When they marry, the chief of her village tells her brothers to burn down their hut with Abdul in it, which the chief later confesses to Smita. Abdul sees Meena working at her sewing machine and courts her with kind words and golden mangoes. ![]() She worked as a servant and cook for her brothers, who were outraged when Meena and her sister dared to find work. Meena tells her story in the first person. ![]()
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