From childhood, Ma had been drilled that education is the only vehicle to climb out from poverty. She planned to provide what she had missed to all her children, irrespective of their gender. Growing up in an era in a land where having a female infant was a curse, she missed so many things in life.
The standard answer she got when she wanted to continue her studies after she was 12 years old was, "for what? No matter how much you study, your job is in the . . .
From childhood, Ma had been drilled that education is the only vehicle to climb out from poverty. She planned to provide what she had missed to all her children, irrespective of their gender. Growing up in an era in a land where having a female infant was a curse, she missed so many things in life.
The standard answer she got when she wanted to continue her studies after she was 12 years old was, "for what? No matter how much you study, your job is in the . . .