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Modern Romeos and Juliets of India risk lives for love’s sake

Published: 12 June, 2010, 07:44
Edited: 12 June, 2010, 20:54


The Shakespearean tale of the feuding families of Montagues and Capulets is a beautiful love-story for some people, but for young couples in India it is cruel reality that they have to live in.

 
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Sarah June 12, 2010, 19:23 quote
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I abhor free marriage. We should be married young and for political reasons within our group. Marriage is nothing more than a job. I am always the bait, or they try to force me with someone they perceive as my equal for them. I am nobody's equal. Thanks system. I'm so "free." Being the fool that I am, I play around these days. Democracy is a plague.

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