"Sold like cows and goats - India's slave brides.
The first time Muklesha was sold, she was just 12 years old. Her buyer was a man in his 70s.
Marriage and a baby quickly followed. But, three years later, the man died and Muklesha was again put up for sale.
"He didn't feed me. He'd take me to the fields and stuff my mouth with mud and then beat me," she says.
Muklesha is one of thousands of India's slave brides - girls and women sold into marriage, often destined for a lifetime of abuse and hardship, as this 101 East documentary reveals..."
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