Sold (A Cup of Lassi - Hurt)

How disgusting it is to trick Lakshmi like that! She thought that she was getting a treat, but then she was paralyzed and unable to defend herself. Habib, then many other men, take advantage of her while she cannot move. Mumtaz forces the Lassi down her throat each day. Lakshmi cannot handle what is going on in her life. She knows that some of the things she sees are real, but some (such as her Ama) are not real. She convinces herself that what is happening to her is a nightmare. I cannot imagine trying to live like this. You would have to pretend it was not happening to get through it. Lakshmi is hurt. She sees that she has become just like one of the other girls, no matter how hard she fought against it. She really doesn't care much about life right now. She must feel so worthless, not being able to control her own destiny. She had never had much control over her life. Her stepfather was always powerful and controlling, he did after all sell her into this fate. However, when Lakshmi was at home, she could control herself. She may not get to choose everything or make all the decisions, but she could mostly decide who she was and how she was going to behave. Right now she does not have that choice. She is forced the Lassi, which then makes her be forced into being with the men that night. To have to go through that would be unbelievable. I don't think you could get through it without pretending that it was not real. Lakshmi has a long road ahead of her, I hope that she can find some light in the despairing world she is in...