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Main ek Sikh family ko belong karti hoon aur maine ek Hindu Brahmin ladke se love marriage kiya hai.
Mere shaadi ko chhe saal ho gaye hai aur mera ek paanch saal ka beta hai. Mere daddy ne aaj tak
hamaare iss relationship ko accept nahi kiya hai aur na hi mere bete ko dekha hai. My mom agreed but
dad toh mujhse baat karte nahi hai aur na hi mom ko mujhse baat karne dete hai.
Mere husband aur main ek hi school mein the. Maine ghar mein ek letter post karke apne shaadi ke
baare mein bata diya tha. Darr ki wajah se ghar mein call nahi kiya. Mere father aur brother mere in-
laws ko darate rahe ki police mein complaint kar denge ki in sab ne milkar mujhe kidnap kiya hai aur
yeh in sab ka profession hai ki rich girl ko fasao aur paise banao. Par mere in-laws ko bhi hamaare
shaadi ke baare mein kuchh nahi pata tha.
Shaadi ke one month ke baad, main mere husband ke saath ghar gayi. Dad ne andar bhi nahi aane diya
aur mom ko maara. Aaj bhi main iss intezaar mein hoon ki dad mujhe accept kare aur main bhi apne
ghar ja saku.
-Amanpreet
--
I am 25 and a post-graduate gold-medallist from a premier institute. Nobody is ready to understand me.
My family has kept me under house arrest for the last seven-eight months. The reason is that I am in
love with a boy of another caste (Brahmin). I am from an OBC caste - Mali. I know him since 2011.
These days, I have no means of communication with the outside world. Family members have taken
away my diary, educational documents file, mobile phone and email ID details. The district police know
this. Nobody is giving me my right to study further either.
My family is so dangerous that they have threatened to kill me if I dare to think of him again. My mother
and aunt, along with my eldest brother, went to my boyfriend’s home and threatened his widowed
mother of dire consequences if she says “Yes” for our wedding. My family has advised me to commit
suicide instead of increasing their problems by going for an inter-caste marriage.
I tried to run away once but failed. My family now says that I should marry a boy from our caste and
forget about studies and leaving home. I am ready to stay in a garbage box and eat whatever comes to
me or stay hungry but I want to go for further studies.
-Shohini
--
My mom is from a Rajput family and my father is Saini. Mom-dad ne bhaag kar shaadi kar li. They took
this step because in Punjab, if you belong to the same village, you can’t marry each other. Since then, she
got many threats from her uncle and others so she didn’t go to her village for 20 years.
Yesterday, my mother and I went to her village to meet my grandmother. After all these years too, my
mother had to hear a lot of nasty things and threats from her uncle. So, she filed a report against her
own family and tomorrow, we are all going to meet at the police station. I am sharing this with you
because I am proud of my mother and my parents’ love story.
-Anaggh
--
My parents watched your episode on intolerance to love but they are still not approving my relationship.
They are forcing me to forget the guy but that is not possible for me. I am 22 and I live in Vadodara.
-Zarna
56
Mere shaadi ko chhe saal ho gaye hai aur mera ek paanch saal ka beta hai. Mere daddy ne aaj tak
hamaare iss relationship ko accept nahi kiya hai aur na hi mere bete ko dekha hai. My mom agreed but
dad toh mujhse baat karte nahi hai aur na hi mom ko mujhse baat karne dete hai.
Mere husband aur main ek hi school mein the. Maine ghar mein ek letter post karke apne shaadi ke
baare mein bata diya tha. Darr ki wajah se ghar mein call nahi kiya. Mere father aur brother mere in-
laws ko darate rahe ki police mein complaint kar denge ki in sab ne milkar mujhe kidnap kiya hai aur
yeh in sab ka profession hai ki rich girl ko fasao aur paise banao. Par mere in-laws ko bhi hamaare
shaadi ke baare mein kuchh nahi pata tha.
Shaadi ke one month ke baad, main mere husband ke saath ghar gayi. Dad ne andar bhi nahi aane diya
aur mom ko maara. Aaj bhi main iss intezaar mein hoon ki dad mujhe accept kare aur main bhi apne
ghar ja saku.
-Amanpreet
--
I am 25 and a post-graduate gold-medallist from a premier institute. Nobody is ready to understand me.
My family has kept me under house arrest for the last seven-eight months. The reason is that I am in
love with a boy of another caste (Brahmin). I am from an OBC caste - Mali. I know him since 2011.
These days, I have no means of communication with the outside world. Family members have taken
away my diary, educational documents file, mobile phone and email ID details. The district police know
this. Nobody is giving me my right to study further either.
My family is so dangerous that they have threatened to kill me if I dare to think of him again. My mother
and aunt, along with my eldest brother, went to my boyfriend’s home and threatened his widowed
mother of dire consequences if she says “Yes” for our wedding. My family has advised me to commit
suicide instead of increasing their problems by going for an inter-caste marriage.
I tried to run away once but failed. My family now says that I should marry a boy from our caste and
forget about studies and leaving home. I am ready to stay in a garbage box and eat whatever comes to
me or stay hungry but I want to go for further studies.
-Shohini
--
My mom is from a Rajput family and my father is Saini. Mom-dad ne bhaag kar shaadi kar li. They took
this step because in Punjab, if you belong to the same village, you can’t marry each other. Since then, she
got many threats from her uncle and others so she didn’t go to her village for 20 years.
Yesterday, my mother and I went to her village to meet my grandmother. After all these years too, my
mother had to hear a lot of nasty things and threats from her uncle. So, she filed a report against her
own family and tomorrow, we are all going to meet at the police station. I am sharing this with you
because I am proud of my mother and my parents’ love story.
-Anaggh
--
My parents watched your episode on intolerance to love but they are still not approving my relationship.
They are forcing me to forget the guy but that is not possible for me. I am 22 and I live in Vadodara.
-Zarna
56
