Online lovers break the religion barrier and get married - they are now living under police protection

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It is a tale of forbidden love that has delighted the Indian press. But a Muslim schoolgirl’s decision to flee from London to India to marry a Hindu man she met on the internet has not exactly pleased her parents.

Subia Gaur, 18, from Plaistow, East London, and Ashwani Gupta, 21, began chatting online three years ago. Such was her parents’ opposition to the romance that the teenager secretly caught a flight to Delhi and abandoned her strict religious upbringing to become a wife in Ghaziabad.

The couple emerged from hiding this week to marry in Mr Gupta’s home town, 60 miles from Delhi, in a ceremony broadcast across the subcontinent. More than 1,000 uninvited guests turned up to witness the marriage, whose star-crossed path has been likened to a Bollywood plotline.

The bride’s family had lodged a claim with local police that she had been abducted. In turn, she claimed that relatives had issued death threats against her, her husband and her father-in-law because she had married a Hindu. They are living under police protection.

The parents denied the allegations, claiming that despite their efforts to protect their daughter they had been beaten by the “evil internet”.

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Subia said: “My family have put a lot of pressure on me and I didn’t want to hurt them, but I had to be with the man I love. Religion doesn’t matter. I’m Muslim and he is Hindu. I’m not converting and he doesn’t want me to. Ashwani and his family accepted me for who I am.”

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Abdul Gaur, 46, a shop manager who arrived in Britain in 1999, made a tearful plea yesterday for his daughter to come home. “She is part of my body, my first-born child, and it is madness to say that we could harm her in any way,” he said. “She is just 18 years old and I believe she has been brainwashed. She doesn’t understand what she has done.

“She is a Muslim above all and she has married a Hindu and that is the most shocking thing about this, not that she has lied to us and married against our wishes.

[...]

His wife, Fameeda, 37, said that they would accept Mr Gupta, who is studying to become a financial analyst, if he converted to Islam.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25...2359903,00.html

Edited September 17, 2006 by Gupt

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It is a tale of forbidden love that has delighted the Indian press. But a Muslim schoolgirl’s decision to flee from London to India to marry a Hindu man she met on the internet has not exactly pleased her parents.

Subia Gaur, 18, from Plaistow, East London, and Ashwani Gupta, 21, began chatting online three years ago. Such was her parents’ opposition to the romance that the teenager secretly caught a flight to Delhi and abandoned her strict religious upbringing to become a wife in Ghaziabad.

The couple emerged from hiding this week to marry in Mr Gupta’s home town, 60 miles from Delhi, in a ceremony broadcast across the subcontinent. More than 1,000 uninvited guests turned up to witness the marriage, whose star-crossed path has been likened to a Bollywood plotline.

The bride’s family had lodged a claim with local police that she had been abducted. In turn, she claimed that relatives had issued death threats against her, her husband and her father-in-law because she had married a Hindu. They are living under police protection.

The parents denied the allegations, claiming that despite their efforts to protect their daughter they had been beaten by the “evil internet”.

[...]

Subia said: “My family have put a lot of pressure on me and I didn’t want to hurt them, but I had to be with the man I love. Religion doesn’t matter. I’m Muslim and he is Hindu. I’m not converting and he doesn’t want me to. Ashwani and his family accepted me for who I am.”

[...]

Abdul Gaur, 46, a shop manager who arrived in Britain in 1999, made a tearful plea yesterday for his daughter to come home. “She is part of my body, my first-born child, and it is madness to say that we could harm her in any way,” he said. “She is just 18 years old and I believe she has been brainwashed. She doesn’t understand what she has done.

“She is a Muslim above all and she has married a Hindu and that is the most shocking thing about this, not that she has lied to us and married against our wishes.

[...]

His wife, Fameeda, 37, said that they would accept Mr Gupta, who is studying to become a financial analyst, if he converted to Islam.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25...2359903,00.html

Gupta - Gupt hmmmmm....... Something you would like to tell us??????

[Jenn! 918]

Wow, they really don't look like they're 18 and 21 years old.

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wow Plaistow....she was my hubbys neighbor LOL

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and now we know what aj/gupt looks like

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and now we know what aj/gupt looks like

That is sorta-kinda what I looked like when I was 17-18... not at 21 though, by 21 I had gained a lot of weight.

Edited September 17, 2006 by Gupt

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More than 1,000 uninvited guests turned up to witness the marriage

Having been to East Indian weddings, this is funny but true.

[Nizzy 1]

Oh dear. I think I am the minority when it comes to my ideas and opinions as a Muslim and Afghan. I say if the girl wants to be with the guy then give her your blessings and let it be. She is gonna do it anyway so sit and talk with her to ask of what she wants and then support her. Marrying a Hindu male who will love and respect her for a lifetime is way better then marrying a Muslim man who will abuse her and make her one of his many wives (not saying all Muslim men are like this). But if you ask my opinion on the parents blaming the internet...well I blame those darn Indian movies! lol

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Aww puppy love

[ChristinaM 0]

Oh dear. I think I am the minority when it comes to my ideas and opinions as a Muslim and Afghan. I say if the girl wants to be with the guy then give her your blessings and let it be. She is gonna do it anyway so sit and talk with her to ask of what she wants and then support her. Marrying a Hindu male who will love and respect her for a lifetime is way better then marrying a Muslim man who will abuse her and make her one of his many wives (not saying all Muslim men are like this).

I agree, Nizzy. I think it's better to marry for love and be happy than to fit in with your family's expectations of you - but I'm not Hindu or Muslim. I guess it's a far bigger deal than a Catholic marrying a Protestant.

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It is a tale of forbidden love that has delighted the Indian press. But a Muslim schoolgirl’s decision to flee from London to India to marry a Hindu man she met on the internet has not exactly pleased her parents.

Subia Gaur, 18, from Plaistow, East London, and Ashwani Gupta, 21, began chatting online three years ago. Such was her parents’ opposition to the romance that the teenager secretly caught a flight to Delhi and abandoned her strict religious upbringing to become a wife in Ghaziabad.

The couple emerged from hiding this week to marry in Mr Gupta’s home town, 60 miles from Delhi, in a ceremony broadcast across the subcontinent. More than 1,000 uninvited guests turned up to witness the marriage, whose star-crossed path has been likened to a Bollywood plotline.

The bride’s family had lodged a claim with local police that she had been abducted. In turn, she claimed that relatives had issued death threats against her, her husband and her father-in-law because she had married a Hindu. They are living under police protection.

The parents denied the allegations, claiming that despite their efforts to protect their daughter they had been beaten by the “evil internet”.

[...]

Subia said: “My family have put a lot of pressure on me and I didn’t want to hurt them, but I had to be with the man I love. Religion doesn’t matter. I’m Muslim and he is Hindu. I’m not converting and he doesn’t want me to. Ashwani and his family accepted me for who I am.”

[...]

Abdul Gaur, 46, a shop manager who arrived in Britain in 1999, made a tearful plea yesterday for his daughter to come home. “She is part of my body, my first-born child, and it is madness to say that we could harm her in any way,” he said. “She is just 18 years old and I believe she has been brainwashed. She doesn’t understand what she has done.

“She is a Muslim above all and she has married a Hindu and that is the most shocking thing about this, not that she has lied to us and married against our wishes.

[...]

His wife, Fameeda, 37, said that they would accept Mr Gupta, who is studying to become a financial analyst, if he converted to Islam.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25...2359903,00.html

Good for her.

Welcome to my world. This is mainly why I was disowned by my parents.

###### religion, ###### tradition.

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I read of a better mixed wedding in India!!....

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200606/s1654386.htm

Edited September 17, 2006 by michellek1976

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and now we know what aj/gupt looks like

You got to admit Bollywood has it going on! I love Kuch Kuch Hota Hai along with so many others and Im Latin. Nothing like some nice chicken tikka masala or some butter chicken withe some rice pilaf and a nice big fat fluffy warm nan to munch while you see the flick! Thoes idian love dramas are the best. The siging and dancing is a bit too much but the movies are really nice.

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It is a tale of forbidden love that has delighted the Indian press. But a Muslim schoolgirl’s decision to flee from London to India to marry a Hindu man she met on the internet has not exactly pleased her parents.

Subia Gaur, 18, from Plaistow, East London, and Ashwani Gupta, 21, began chatting online three years ago. Such was her parents’ opposition to the romance that the teenager secretly caught a flight to Delhi and abandoned her strict religious upbringing to become a wife in Ghaziabad.

The couple emerged from hiding this week to marry in Mr Gupta’s home town, 60 miles from Delhi, in a ceremony broadcast across the subcontinent. More than 1,000 uninvited guests turned up to witness the marriage, whose star-crossed path has been likened to a Bollywood plotline.

The bride’s family had lodged a claim with local police that she had been abducted. In turn, she claimed that relatives had issued death threats against her, her husband and her father-in-law because she had married a Hindu. They are living under police protection.

The parents denied the allegations, claiming that despite their efforts to protect their daughter they had been beaten by the “evil internet”.

[...]

Subia said: “My family have put a lot of pressure on me and I didn’t want to hurt them, but I had to be with the man I love. Religion doesn’t matter. I’m Muslim and he is Hindu. I’m not converting and he doesn’t want me to. Ashwani and his family accepted me for who I am.”

[...]

Abdul Gaur, 46, a shop manager who arrived in Britain in 1999, made a tearful plea yesterday for his daughter to come home. “She is part of my body, my first-born child, and it is madness to say that we could harm her in any way,” he said. “She is just 18 years old and I believe she has been brainwashed. She doesn’t understand what she has done.

“She is a Muslim above all and she has married a Hindu and that is the most shocking thing about this, not that she has lied to us and married against our wishes.

[...]

His wife, Fameeda, 37, said that they would accept Mr Gupta, who is studying to become a financial analyst, if he converted to Islam.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25...2359903,00.html

Good for her.

Welcome to my world. This is mainly why I was disowned by my parents.

###### religion, ###### tradition.

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Aww I think that's great. They each found someone they love and to them religion wasn't an issue. I feel the same way. I'm Catholic and I have dated Athiests, Agnostics, Pagans, Interfaith etc... all who at first when the subject came up got all huffy and puffy asking me... "You're not going to force me to go to church are you?" Why should I? My religion, My business... you want to tag along that's great we can go have dinner afterwards. if not, hey I will bring something back.

This story made me all