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How long will the "break" last?

I t's about a year that we started walking (read, leap-jumping) in the path of providing a crucial support to women who face domestic violence. Here is a story to describe the nature of the work. Read on.... Minati* went back to her own home with her 2 months old infant. Her mother informed us. We were anticipating it. We thus get a break from the follow ups at the family court, advising Minati's mother, counselling Minati, looking after her nutritional needs, emotional needs, regular psycho-social support. A break. Which may be long. May not be too. When we met Minati about 6 months ago, she was already in the second trimester of her pregnancy and was living with her parents.  Minati was a 19 year-old when she got married to a guy whom she started talking to via a cross call. The caller must had figured out that she was a young girl, and that was enough for the calls to continue. The man on the other side of the line finally reached her house. Minati'