My Biography-Part Five- in India!
I returned to Srilanka in year 1987 and my father told me that he finalized my marriage for a dowry of Rs 400,000 cash and an ancestral property. he said that he needed Rs 200,00 to dispose my elder sister! I did not want to give consent for that marriage because I had not even seen the girl! My father said if I did not marry that particular girl he would hang himself -up! He threatened me and asked my consent under duress. I had no other option but to agree to his suggestion. I thought that I should not have returned home. One day our family went to see the bride. She brought tea to my parents, me, and my sisters. I saw her !! I realized that my father wanted to destroy my future for the sake of money.I objected to this proposal but my father insisted that I marry her. I had no other option but to agree to this sell-off by keeping my pain inside! I was very broken! I still do not have answers,why the Asians destroy their children's future by proposing marriage for money? I coul...