Indian girls write to Modi demanding marriage age be raised to 21

Hundreds of girls write to Indian PM, who himself promised last year to review the minimum age of marriage for women.

New Delhi, India – Sonam Kumari left her house in the eastern Indian state of Bihar after her parents began to plan her marriage last year. The 19-year-old resident of the state capital, Patna, tried hard to convince her parents to allow her to continue her studies and delay the marriage. When her requests did not get any positive response, she decided to leave her house and move to Gurugram city in the northern state of Haryana, 1,100km (683 miles) away.