The Interfaith Lovers That Married Against All Odds

Brut India

What does it mean to be a Hindu-Muslim couple in modern India? Brut spoke to Nasreen and Ankur who refused to let the threats weigh them down.

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00:00I didn't know if I should side with Ankur or with marriage.

00:06One was, why should I lie?

00:08If I lie, it will be wrong.

00:11There will be challenges in such marriages, no matter how liberal we become.

00:16But since it's our constitutional right...

00:18The thing is, parents didn't have as much opposition as the social pressure from the outside.

00:25How can we hide it? It's not a crime to get married.

00:30When we decided that we wanted to get married...

00:46If we had told our parents at home...

00:48By default, we wouldn't have gotten permission.

00:52It's obvious.

00:53Our parents are still not liberal for such marriages.

00:56Then you know how your mother will react.

00:58She will scold and get angry.

01:00It's a mother's nature.

01:02I couldn't talk to her for 4-6 months.

01:05I used to talk to my parents.

01:07Then things started to normalize.

01:11Distances were diluted.

01:14Anger was diluted.

01:15Now we talk.

01:17Everything is on the track.

01:19The thing is, parents didn't have as much opposition as the social pressure from the outside.

01:26It's not our duty to explain to them with love.

01:56If someone has an objection, they can get it addressed.

02:26I don't know what happened a week ago.

02:37Someone took a photo from the marriage officer.

02:40Not from us.

02:41A photo of 17-20 couples went viral.

02:44After it went viral, it spread to the Muslim community.

02:51Their father and brother were called to the police station.

02:53They were told not to get married.

02:54They were told not to let a girl marry a boy outside their religion.

02:57They said no.

03:17I was very scared.

03:19What will happen?

03:21I had to go against my parents.

03:23I was very brave.

03:25I said yes.

03:27Even when I was talking to the judge, I was crying.

03:30I didn't know if I should side with Ankur or the marriage.

03:36Why should I lie?

03:38If I lie, it will be wrong.

03:41We should either abolish the 30-day notice or reduce it.

03:5530 days is a lot.

03:56Anything can happen in a month.

03:58A month is a good time to harm a couple.

04:02But in our case, the girl was locked up.

04:06It would be better if you don't get access to your registered marriage.

04:13It would be better if you don't get access to your registered marriage.

04:16You can't judge people based on their religion.

04:20Religion is made for people.

04:22People are not made for religion.

04:24I said that humanity is greater than religion.

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