After Five Years
“But Mrs. Narti looks… well, she’s probably over fifty. I’m just… curious. I mean, why at that age does she still have such a small child?”
Julien nodded slowly, as if he had anticipated my question. “I was surprised too, but the village head mentioned it while we were on our way earlier.” He looked toward Mrs. Narti’s house. “He said that in remote areas like this, it’s quite common. Many couples have more than five children, even into their old age.”
I fell silent, processing his words. Julien continued, “It’s not that they don’t want to, but there’s no education on spacing pregnancies. Contraception is still a foreign or even taboo topic here. Some are afraid, and others feel it’s not a p