Industrious and Obedient Daughters-in-Law

“My daughter-in law is one in a million. Her parents have brought her up with good values. Why lie to you? I sometimes wish my daughters were like her. She is obedient, innocent, and industrious. She will raise my son to a better place in life.” So said Wimalawathie, mother-in-law of former FTZ worker Nisha, when I visited her village in Embilipitiya, where Nisha resided with her husband of two years. Wimalawathie’s extensive praise intrigued me, as Nisha had written me in the early days of her marriage, saying she was treading softly around her somewhat imposing mother-in-law. While all