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Slowly but steadily, things are back to normal since I used to call my parents every weekend to make
them understand that I never left them for Pradeep. To cut a long story short, now everybody is happy.
If only my parents had the courage to stand by me earlier, it would have been a lot easier on us. I believe
faith and love can bring magic to life.
-Anupama
--
I belong to Haridwar, Uttarakhand. I met my husband during our BTech course. His family was totally
against our marriage because I belong to the SC category and my husband is an OBC. My mother-in-law
went into depression and feared honour killing but my husband was so supportive and he managed
everything. Now my in-laws and parents are all very happy. Sometimes I wonder why caste is seen as so
important in a marriage. My husband and I have shown that inter-caste marriages are also successful in
society.
-Mamta
--
My mom died when I was in the 7th standard and my brother was a spoilt boy. After my mom’s death,
he used to hit me daily if I spoke to a boy. I fell in love with my present boyfriend and when my uncle
came to know about my affair, he also hit me a lot. At last, I left my family.
I have been with my boyfriend for the last ten years. He has been a great support. I don’t have any
contact with my father, brother or any other relative but I am very happy and now we are going to get
married soon.
-Maitreyi
--
I am working as a software engineer. I am in love with a boy since the past four years. I know him since
eight years. My parents are not accepting him at all since we’re Brahmins but he’s not. They are asking
me to stop talking to him if I respect them. This is stupid. Home feels like hell to me. They are killing me
with their words.
-Kavita
--
My family eats non-vegetarian food but my husband’s family is vegetarian. When we decided to get
married, it took a lot of time to convince our parents to say ‘Yes’ to our marriage. They realised that we
were firm about getting married to each other. It’s been ten years now and all our family members are
happy with each other.
-Ranjini
--
I haven’t spoken to my parents for the past 18 years after I eloped with my partner due to fierce
opposition from my family even though both he and I are Sikh and have been brought up in Europe. I’m
very happy with my husband whom I know since 24 years and we have three beautiful children. The
irony in the whole situation is that my parents too had a love marriage and they too had faced problems
in being accepted by their parents.
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71
them understand that I never left them for Pradeep. To cut a long story short, now everybody is happy.
If only my parents had the courage to stand by me earlier, it would have been a lot easier on us. I believe
faith and love can bring magic to life.
-Anupama
--
I belong to Haridwar, Uttarakhand. I met my husband during our BTech course. His family was totally
against our marriage because I belong to the SC category and my husband is an OBC. My mother-in-law
went into depression and feared honour killing but my husband was so supportive and he managed
everything. Now my in-laws and parents are all very happy. Sometimes I wonder why caste is seen as so
important in a marriage. My husband and I have shown that inter-caste marriages are also successful in
society.
-Mamta
--
My mom died when I was in the 7th standard and my brother was a spoilt boy. After my mom’s death,
he used to hit me daily if I spoke to a boy. I fell in love with my present boyfriend and when my uncle
came to know about my affair, he also hit me a lot. At last, I left my family.
I have been with my boyfriend for the last ten years. He has been a great support. I don’t have any
contact with my father, brother or any other relative but I am very happy and now we are going to get
married soon.
-Maitreyi
--
I am working as a software engineer. I am in love with a boy since the past four years. I know him since
eight years. My parents are not accepting him at all since we’re Brahmins but he’s not. They are asking
me to stop talking to him if I respect them. This is stupid. Home feels like hell to me. They are killing me
with their words.
-Kavita
--
My family eats non-vegetarian food but my husband’s family is vegetarian. When we decided to get
married, it took a lot of time to convince our parents to say ‘Yes’ to our marriage. They realised that we
were firm about getting married to each other. It’s been ten years now and all our family members are
happy with each other.
-Ranjini
--
I haven’t spoken to my parents for the past 18 years after I eloped with my partner due to fierce
opposition from my family even though both he and I are Sikh and have been brought up in Europe. I’m
very happy with my husband whom I know since 24 years and we have three beautiful children. The
irony in the whole situation is that my parents too had a love marriage and they too had faced problems
in being accepted by their parents.
-Nimrat
71
