{"id":83419,"date":"2026-01-11T09:55:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T09:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=83419"},"modified":"2026-01-11T09:55:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T09:55:53","slug":"watched-scared-and-trapped-in-an-australian-visa-nightmare-kiran-is-one-of-indias-abandoned-brides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/01\/11\/watched-scared-and-trapped-in-an-australian-visa-nightmare-kiran-is-one-of-indias-abandoned-brides\/","title":{"rendered":"Watched, scared and trapped in an Australian visa nightmare, Kiran is one of India\u2019s \u2018abandoned brides\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1TXGzw.img?w=534&amp;h=356&amp;m=6\" alt=\"The Queensland-based Bangle Foundation, which has supported Kiran, says being on a temporary visa adds to many south Asian women\u2019s vulnerability. Photograph: Paper Boat Creative\/Getty Images\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kiran\u2019s* husband was more than 10,000km away from the home she shared with her in-laws in a village in northern India.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/world\/watched-scared-and-trapped-in-an-australian-visa-nightmare-kiran-is-one-of-india-s-abandoned-brides\/ar-AA1TXGzA?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=6963724e7d7846af9c8fab80dc7455d4&amp;ei=59\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Kiran\u2019s* husband was more than 10,000km away from the home she shared with her in-laws in a village in northern India.\u00a0 Read&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[198],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-83419","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-relationships"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Forced-marriage.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83419"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83420,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83419\/revisions\/83420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}