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Bit depressed but hats off to bringing such a well done heart wrenching program.

it was sure from the first lady that she was herself beat up, look at her scars and demaenor. the girl presenting is terrible, smilling, laughing and she cant speak the language.

"I witnessed the wedding of two sisters who were around six and 11 years old.

As older female relatives fussed over them - dressing them in sparkly red-and-gold outfits and applying full bridal make-up - the brides, like obedient children, quietly went along with it all.

Child marriages are illegal in India, and are punishable with a fine of Rs100,000 (£1,300) and two years in prison for anyone who performs, conducts or negligently fails to prevent a child marriage. But this didn't seem to bother any of the guests who danced merrily or the priest who solemnly chanted the wedding rites."

It didn't seem to bother the reporter or the 91Èȱ¬ that they were committing a CRIME also,since they WITNESSED the ILLEGAL ACTS of the child marriages taking place and did NOTHING to prevent the marriages from happening...never mind,...as long as they got their story eh?

If I draw a analogy between East and West; specifically UK, UK has the highest Teenage pregnancy in Europe and it is not uncommon for parents & society to accept 'Teen dating' which would be discouraged by both parents & society in a country like India.Both sides are equally at fault, the only difference is noone travels to UK or Europe from India to make a documentary on Teendating and Teenage pregnancy! Child marriage is a criminal offence, but West cannot abdicate itself of its mistakes too!

I found the presenter completely inappropriate. She aske one child bride 'why do you think he beat you?' What a question to ask someone who has escaped an abusive relationship, as if there is a reason. Then went on to ask middle class, educated women with money about child brides, is it not obvious that it is a means for some people to escape complete poverty. I am not saying I agree in anyway because I certainly do not but it's like sitting in your black cab and sniffing to yourself' gosh why are those people sleeping on the streets'. I think she completely missed the point and then towards the end of the programme basically accused the brother of a child bride of the murder of his sister who died in child birth-when clearly he married her because he thought it was in her best interest. The sensitive subject matter was dealt with so insensitively.

I thought that the subject matter of this program was interesting and worthy of a serious documentary. This program did deliver compelling stories about truly sad cases of girls and boys being forced into early marriages. So well done to the 91Èȱ¬ on that point. However, I do think that the presenter was far too naive and simplistic in her treatment of this subject. It would have been more appropriate for her to be presenting Blue Peter or a pop show owing to her perky style and bland questions. When she tells a grieving brother that his dead sister "was pretty", I really knew she was missing the point. Like what does that have to do with the problem of child marriage and were these words meant to help him? In a documentary that is supposed to be about the suppression of young women, we get a comment about the way a girl looks from the presenter!!!! Get real 91Èȱ¬. What are you trying to tell us?

There seem to be a lot of complaints about the presenter of the programme - why? They girl may have been young and naive but that was why she wanted to find out more. She asked real questions that real young people who have no idea what that experience is like would have asked, she showed that young people can do a good job and should be interested in the world beyond their own experience.
I work with teenagers and want to show them this programme not only because it is an important issue that they should be aware of, but also to say they have the power to do something about it.
Well done 91Èȱ¬ for giving her the opportunity - I hope to see more programmes like this in the future.

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I have just watched Nelufar Hedayat on 91Èȱ¬Three presenting a documentary about Riots and Revolutions: My Arab Journey, and I am absolutely astonished at the confidence and courage of this girl, whose youthful looks belie a maturity and intelligence that some of the comments on this forum do not give her credit for. I find her honest, intelligent, confident and courageous. She thought nothing of talking with these 'macho' men with courage and intelligence and a total lack of self-conscienciousness, and although these men could easily have treated her with patronising contempt as she is female and looks so young, they did not and showed a great deal of respect for her.

I hope very much that we see Nulefurin more of these programmes.

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