I faced unbearable hardships..

A mother from Kumanaykulam speaks about her painful unforgettable experiences from the war

There were 8 girls and 4 boys in my family. My father didn’t work, so I went to work at 19. I worked in the filed harvesting and seeding. I married at the age of 29. He treated me well for 5 years. Then in 1993, he went off with another woman, leaving me and my children. I swore that even if I beg, I would raise my children well, for him to see, and had nothing to do with him after that.