India's Romeo and Juliet tragedy

It was a story buried in the middle of the Indian newspapers.

Two star-crossed lovers committed suicide after the local village council, or panchayat, ordered them to annul their marriage or face death.

Amreen was Muslim and her husband, Lokesh, a Hindu. Their match was simply unacceptable to their communities. The couple poisoned themselves.

Now police have charged the entire panchayat with abetting suicide...

Read more @ BBC News

hmmm, I hope the village people are happy now.

These suicides could have easily been avoided.

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How? By giving them prozac?

"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.

In a way i do envy them and the simplicity of it

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The author of this article is Indian.

 

Noor wrote:
so you want to be dead?

No need to be so dramatic

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