Indian women and girls are being sold by traffickers and forced into marriages against their will for as little as $35. AJ Longreads highlights how under-reported these cases are and how the victims are left feeling abandoned.

Names of the women and children have been changed to protect their identities. 

Written by Rifat Fareed.

Read by Mohita Namjoshi.

Indian women and girls are being sold by traffickers and forced into marriages against their will for as little as $35. AJ Longreads highlights how under-reported these cases are and how the victims are left feeling abandoned.
Names of the women and children have been changed to protect their identities. 
Written by Rifat Fareed.
Read by Mohita Namjoshi.

AJ Longreads brings you the best of Al Jazeera's long-form journalism to listen to in your own time.

AJ Longreads brings you the best of Al Jazeera's long-form journalism to listen to in your own time.

AJ Longreads

The best of Al Jazeera's long-form journalism to listen to in your own time.

The best of Al Jazeera's long-form journalism to listen to in your own time.

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