"People went on to chant that I must have been lacking something!" says Asifa Ali, a single mother.

Asifa Ali, a single mother of three, is earning her own living for 14 years. She has raised her 3 daughters all by herself. Cleared their school and college fees by doing tons of odd job. She has no idea about the whereabouts of her husband, who has been gone for 15 years now. She shares her story,

"My life with three daughters haven't been easy. I married my husband Haider out of love. As far as i recall, it was a 'happy marriage' for the first few months. My first daughter was born within one year of my marriage. Things took turn for worst when i found out he was involved with another woman. I was expecting my second child then. Our marriage was never the same afterwards. Suddenly, my husband had become so indifferent. He was reckless and lacked sense of responsibility. We fought a lot. He used to go missing  for days and months without being worried about us. We grew apart. I last saw him back in 2002. My husband leaving us like that, provided a chance to the society to pass judgements on my character, my role as a wife. I remember a landlord refused to keep me as a tenant because of my husband's unknown whereabouts. People went on to chant that i must have been lacking in something, i must have been at fault, i must have not been able to satisfy my husband as wife or maybe  i was involved with another man who fathered my three daughters. Whereas, my husband faced none of these allegations or accusations when he got involved in an extra marital-affair."