Women and In-laws

A group of housewives have come together to rescue a mute woman in their society who was abused by her husband and in-laws for four years.

Her husband and his parents have now been arrested, while the woman and her daughter will be shifted to a women's shelter in Chembur. The victim (35) used to live in an orphanage in Amravati until she was married four years ago to Vivek Galgali (40). Soon after, her life became hell.

Her in-laws caged her in a tiny room, beat her up, sexually assaulted her and threatened to send her back to the orphanage. Numerous wounds and marks on her body testify to the torture and exploitation she suffered. For full story click here

This story displays how women suffer in the hands of their in-laws. One may ask if it is a crime to be married. Most young couples end up filing for divorce because of the treatment they receive from their in-laws.

Quite a number of employed married women are no longer going to the rural areas for the holidays due to the treatment they receive from in-laws especially mothers. People even go to an extent of volunteering to work extra hours as a way of avoiding spending the holidays with in-laws.Some women are labelled "lazy" because they are always busy with their work and do not have time for family. What should a woman do in such a situation???

Your views and suggestions might be useful to a woman suffering in silence.