"Unhappy" is a word in ENGLISH
Mischievous; wanton; wicked.
Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs
have taken an unhappy turn.
- dismaya in ILOKANO
In a degree miserable or wretched; not happy; sad;
sorrowful; as, children render their parents unhappy by misconduct.
Marked by infelicity; evil; calamitous; as, an unhappy
day.
When Sweetu wasn’t being reduced to merely existing as a bride, as a piece of meat to be handled and prodded, to have decorative contraptions stuck into her skull, her interests were otherwise unexpressed. She rarely complained, hardly asked for anything, and maybe that’s because Indian girls grow up going to weddings and we watch the procedure and we know our roles: be demure, don’t complain, cry but don’t scream, get tea for anyone older than you, and calmly meet expectations.
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