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Testifying Against my Parents for Love

The Indian Romeo and Juliet whose relationship was condemned by family and ended in the most tragic circumstances.

In March 2016, a young married couple were attacked by a gang in broad daylight on a busy street in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The woman, Kausalya Shankar, was injured but managed to get away, her husband died on the way to hospital. The court case that followed shocked the country because it revealed a powerful story of forbidden love, and prejudice and exposed the astonishing determination of the woman who was widowed.

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(Picture: Kausalya Shankar. Credit: Nathan G.)

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Tue 10 Apr 2018 06:06GMT

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