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Rough Translation

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🗓️ 21 July 2023

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

They seemed like superheroes. In a country where arranged marriage is the norm, the Love Commandos promise to protect love couples and help them marry. But is this a group of protectors in the way they promise to be?

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0:00.0	Paint me a picture of that love story.
0:04.0	It's like Romeo and Juliet.
0:06.0	She's 15 and he's nearly 17.
0:10.0	They date in secret.
0:12.0	Love is a beautiful feeling.
0:14.0	She says suddenly every song was about us.
0:17.0	Every Bollywood song was about us.
0:19.0	That is love.
0:20.0	That is the trust.
0:24.0	On NPR's last season of Rough Translation.
0:27.0	It's fine for you to play together as friends.
0:31.0	Yes.
0:32.0	But love marriage not fun.
0:37.0	The risk in India of falling in love with someone you're not supposed to.
0:41.0	Kids in these areas are born with the awareness that marrying out of your community means that you are inviting trouble.
0:51.0	A range of marriage is such a thing of importance.
0:54.0	Love is a destabilizing force.
0:56.0	Love marriage.
0:59.0	An active rebellion.
1:05.0	Save me.
1:06.0	They will kill me.
1:07.0	So he shows us this message.
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