Lachhamaniya

Summary

Lachhamaniya, according to the communal practice, was married at the age of five. She is now twenty years old and has never met her husband after the wedding. She lives at her natal home hoping her husband to come and take her with him. ‘LACHHAMANIYA’ is a story about the psychological conflict arising from the disagreement between the protagonist’s parents and in-laws and the consequences that follow.