Shamima's Early Marriage. Write a paragraph by answering the following question on ‘Shamima’s early marriage.
(a) Who is Shamima? Shamima did Shamima have? (c) What did she want to bring about? (d) What did she know? (e) Who wanted to marry Shamima off? (f) What is against the law in Bangladesh? (g) What happened to her dreams?
Shamima is a worse victim of early marriage. It was 1995. Shamima was 15 years old. She was promoted to class eight. Shamima had all the dreams of an adolescent. She wanted to bring about a change in her life. She wanted to see happiness in her family too. She knew she could fulfill her dream by completing her education and getting a good job. Fifteen years old, Shamima’s dreams were nipped in the bud. Her father wanted to marry her off against her will.
Marrying off a girl under 18 is against the law in Bangladesh. Shamima did not want to get married. But nobody paid any heed to her. They arranged her marriage with a man much older than she did. All her tears and protests went in vain. Her longs cherished opens, dreams and ambitious also nipped in the bus at this tragic fining of her education life. Now shamima sturuggle hard for bring her life happy