"I have been in an abusive marriage. Violence can come from love, from a very intimate person. Violence can come from all sorts of crazy situations. What are you going to do? You have to deal with it when it strikes."
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On facing abuse head on in āMeena Kandasamy interview: āI donāt know if Iām idiotic ā or courageousāā in the Independent (2014 Apr 6)
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