The Blank Cheque : Inspired By A True Story: From Middle-Class In The West - To Homeless In India

<p>INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY</p><p><i>"How can THIS be my life?</i> I am standing totally alone in the early morning hours on an empty street. Im in a gargantuan Indian city during a global pandemic! What happened to me?</p><p>Gemma was young. So was Prateek. A cross-cultural relationship - cursed from the start.</p><p>The early signs were there for Gemma to see but the blindfold was tied and the damage had begun.</p><p>They asked for dowry. Isnt that an old custom?</p><p>Gemma was there for Prateek at the startand still there to the very end.</p><p>So after decades together how did it all go so wrong?</p><p>How do you go from western middle-class life to homelessness in India during the COVID-19 pandemic?</p><p>How do you nearly lose your life?</p><p>'BLANK CHEQUE'<br/>(Noun)<br/>an unlimited freedom of action</p><p><br/>The entitlement</p><p><br/>The Blank Cheque has been written for the millions of people who cannot speak out about abuse for fear of retribution; for the countless abandoned or abused NRI (Non-Resident Indian) brides who like Gemma find themselves alone in a foreign country; and for people around the world who silently face the subtle (and not so subtle) lesser-known forms of emotional psychological and financial abuse every day.</p><p>The invisible must be made visible.</p>