'I trained to be an engineer ... now I am a pickle seller'. What does migration do to a wife?

  • Written by: Farjana Mahbuba, Researcher, Australian Catholic University
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But you know what’s funny? All my life, I have been trained to be an engineer. Look at me now, I am a pickle seller!

She laughed with teary eyes. I did not laugh. I felt like crying and giving her a tight hug. Yet I did not move. I kept listening. I am a researcher. I am supposed to just collect data. I am not supposed to respond...

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