SIGN of the TIMES:The hidden plight of Asian women

Kulwant, aged 20, was starved and beaten by her husband. She hides her face because she fears for her safety.She regularly visits the offices of a women's rights organisation-her support group and her only friends.Kulwant left India to join her British-born husband after an arranged marriage."I was very excited about coming to England," she said."I thought I would have a great married life and he was from a good family. I was so happy." But within weeks of her arrival, Kulwant's life changed. Her husband became violent, she was forced to sleep on the kitchen floor and the family refused to feed her."I was never allowed to leave the house," she said. "My husband had mistresses and he would take all my wages and leave me with nothing."My husband hit me with a chair.He was violent.I wanted to commit suicide.I couldn't go back to India because I would be an outcast." Many British-born men go back to South Asia searching for a traditional wife.Many of the relationships are successful, but some are violent."When they bring them here they may subject them to domestic violence and use violence to control their lives."
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