Adhila Nasrin, a 22-year-old Aluva woman, is fighting a one-woman battle against all difficulties to reconnect with her love, Noora, a 23-year-old Kozhikode girl. She has sought assistance of the police and the court in order to live with Noora.
Their lesbian relationship is strongly opposed by both of their families. After she and her lover were forcibly separated by their family when they chose to start living together, Adhila had to seek police assistance. Mathrubhumi news that published their ‘love’ story brings in front of us the strange incidents that happened in their lives.
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Adhila met Noora in Saudi Arabia when she was in the eleventh grade. Their friendship, which began as any other, grew more intense and eventually blossomed to love after they discovered they were also lesbians. Because their parents were friends, they decided to enrol Adhila and Noora in the same college in Kozhikode. The girls both knew they intended to spend the rest of their lives together and planned to persuade their families of this after they finished their degrees.
When their families learned of their affair, they decided against sending them to the same college. According to Adhila, her parents believed that their love would not last. Even as the constraints in their houses grew, they remained linked on social media. They were sent to various colleges in Kerala. They reconnected, learnt more about homosexuality and same-sex partners, and chose to live together.
Their parents disapproved of their relationship, calling it ‘unnatural’ in light of their religious convictions. Adhila and Noora fled their homes on May 19, but were apprehended by their parents. They took sanctuary in a Kozhikode shelter home. Adhila claims that their parents arrived and took them back to Aluva, promising to let them live together if they agreed to live together, but that they physically abused her.
Noora’s family filed a lawsuit against Adhila, alleging that she had kidnapped and taken their daughter. Adhila was subjected to serious physical abuse by her family members and was forced to return to the shelter with the assistance of the police. Adhila was only able to speak with Noora once after her parents had taken her away. She also had a conversation with Noora’s counsellor. Noora told Adhila that she still wanted to live with her during the call, according to Adhila. Adhila was forced to submit a police report after losing communication with Noora following that phone call.
“My parents and relatives make fun of me and treat me with contempt, claiming that homosexuality is a mental illness.” The vast majority of people here still find it difficult to imagine two persons of the same sex cohabiting. We were subjected to terrible physical and emotional abuse. “The Supreme Court has issued a ruling that decriminalises homosexuality and allows same-sex partners to live together if they so desire,” Adhila stated. She also expressed optimism that she will be able to reclaim Noora. In addition to the complaint filed with Aluva police, she has chosen to go to court to seek assistance.
Courtesy: Raji Puthukudi, Mathrubhumi News
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