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Why I ran away from home at 16
Jasvinder Sanghera grew up in a large Sikh family in Derby, UK. One by one she watched as her older sisters were taken out of education and married off. And when she was shown a picture of the man she was set to marry, she decided to take matters into her own hands.
Image: Jasvinder Sanghera.
Credit: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images.
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