We live in weird times and Beena & Savita’s story is a perfect example. It makes you wonder whether Law & Judiciary, are really effective in this country or if it is in fact dependent on one’s luck.
The curious love story of Beena and Savita: Three questions
Beena and Savita followed their hearts in Baghpat. And their love story is now the stuff of international headlines.
The media, especially gay media abroad, have jumped on the story. ‘Lesbian Newlyweds Flee Honor Killing Threats’ makes for good headlines. It has all the ingredients of a masala story. The illicit, secret love affair. The girl forced into an arranged marriage. The runaway couple. The patriarchal khap panchayat and its honour killings. Enter the sympathetic judge. Rumours of suicide attempts in front of a moving train. Hiding in a safe house under police protection.
It’s a made-for-TV movie about big bad old feudal India trying to snuff out the love of a modern day Laila-Majnu. Except this time it’s Laila-Manju.
Love the Laila – Manju 🙂
Bwahahaha. Laila Manju. Hahahaha.
Feudal India my arse! This threat-police protection-judge situation happened in Aamchi Mumbai and Dilli hain ji!
In a country where the Police still thinks that Lesbians are nothing but prostitutes/whores, and judges don’t even know what being a queer woman is, this one seems like a fluke shot.
Happy the girls have some protection at least.
And I agree with every word Srini! 🙂
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“Feudal India my arse! This threat-police protection-judge situation happened in Aamchi Mumbai and Dilli hain ji!”
And I saw first hand how the police became a threat rather than protection for lesbian women.
Indian Police thinks their job is to “Moral Police”! Reminds me of the Chennai Preeti incident! Sigh!
Great article and links
But I noticed the film Sancharram (Kerala,India) was not mentioned at all
a film made in 2004 in an effort to prevent suicide in India
This film came after the wake of all those suicides in Kerala
A great film!
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