India's forbidden love

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

At a time when religious extremism and honour killings have been dominating the political and social discourse, we take a look at the issues surrounding marriages between inter-faith and inter-caste couples ahead of India’s parliamentary elections. Divya Arya, the BBC’s Women’s Affairs journalist in India tells the story of couples who have fled their homes and communities in fear of their lives in the name of love.

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0:00.0	I love Aditya. I really enjoy spending time with him. After a long day's work when I come home, he waits for me.
0:18.0	We cook together and eat together. Talk about our day's work. We were meant to be together.
0:24.0	21 year old Aisha is young and in love.
0:28.0	Her eyes light up every time she speaks to me about her fiance, Aditia.
0:34.0	We met on Facebook and I haven't seen her for nearly about two years.
0:40.0	She hasn't sent me any picks of her.
0:42.0	First of all, no one trusts on a Facebook relationship, right?
0:46.7	When it was started also, like she has no trust on me.
0:50.2	She thought that I am the random Romeo guy.
0:55.2	I've come to meet them in their small flat.
0:59.3	They live here with their dog's cotton.
1:01.7	Gradually as we chat it as we get to know each other, seeing her or not seeing her wasn't a matter of
1:08.5	a thing.
1:09.5	I love her behavior, I love her as a person and that you made to go to Bangalore to her city and there I saw her life.
1:19.0	Aisha and Aditia have been together for two years. They hope to get married soon, but this is not a normal relationship.
1:28.0	Their love has crossed the religious divide. Aisha is Muslim and Aditya is Hindu.
1:35.0	I'm Divya Aria and you're listening to India's forbidden love on the BBC World Service,
1:48.6	a documentary where we investigate the bitter relations between communities in India through love and marriage.
1:55.0	When we get to know each other, religion was not at all a concern for both of us.
2:01.0	And what about your families yours and hers? Family was a
2:05.2	totally disaster. We came to face a lot of troubles from both of the side. It
2:11.2	started by my family first.
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