“The old man said that he would die very soon, so he would like to see his grand daughter get married before he dies. But he is still alive. He has not died yet,” said Tania’s mother with much anger and frustration. Her daughter Tania got married when she was only 15 years old. Tania’s grandfather arranged the marriage against her mother’s wishes. Now Tania herself is the mother of a boy.
When Tania was very young, Chani (cataract) was identified in both her eyes. Initially only her mother noticed it. However later on, everyone came to know about it. CBPB team (who examine and refer children with Chani under the age of 16 years) met Tania when they went to examine children’s eyes in Mymensingh. She was 15 years old at that time. CBPB team examined Tania’s eyes and referred her to the Islamia Eye Hospital where CBPB bore the expenses of her operation.
1 year later CBPB team went to Mymensingh again to examine the eyes of those children who had operation. This time they met Tania again. However, she was not single anymore. She had a very beautiful son.
The doctor examined Tania’s son after examining Tania. He found that her son also had Chani in both eyes. Tania and her mother were very distressed and started to cry. CBPB team advised them to do the operation on the child’s eyes as early as possible. They said that the earlier that you do the operation the better would be the child’s vision.
Tania and her mother wanted to do the treatment of the child because Tania has only one dream now. She wanted her child to get cured. She couldn’t study but she wants her son to study.
It is worth mentioning here that neither Tania’s grandfather, nor her father who settled her marriage came with her to the doctor. Only those who are neglected and whose opinion never received any importance came with her.