Vitriols that the girl from Guruvayoor who refused to stay in her marriage she had never consented to has been getting on social networking sites goes like “You will never have a good future. In a few days, we will hear about how your body was found in some well or river. Your lover will kill you after he sells off all your jewellery.”
All for one reason that she stood up bravely for herself which society could not stand up even in this century. However no amount of progress, it seems, seeps down to how we treat women in our society. The latest victim of this mindset is Geeta* who was forced to marry a man in Kerala’s Guruvayoor.
She found the courage to walk away from the forced marriage, and get back together with her boyfriend and this act of standing up for herself has earned her the hatred of social media.
Geeta* got married to Suresh* at Guruvayoor temple, against her wishes. But moments after the tying of the thaali, Geeta reportedly saw her boyfriend in the crowd. Immediately, she whispered in Suresh’s ear that she was going to leave him for her boyfriend, and walked away from the mandapam. Suresh’s family, angered at the insult, even went on to assault Geeta’s relatives. The wedding party then moved to the police station, where Geeta declared that she was not interested in staying married to Suresh and that she was forced into the wedding by her relatives.
Suresh’s family decided to demand a ‘compensation’ of Rs 15 lakh from the bride’s family – and this ‘deal’ was negotiated inside the police station. They finally settled on an amount of Rs 8 lakh to let the issue rest. Geeta also returned the thaali, and a mobile phone and a sari given to her by Suresh.
Starting Monday morning, a photo of Geeta started doing the rounds on WhatsApp and Facebook, with armchair analysts discussing whether what Geeta did was right.
“Did you not think about your parents, who brought you up for all these years?” asked another. “Their curse will fall on you and your children. You won’t have a peaceful death,” one comment added.
some new pictures started doing the rounds on these same networks. Suresh shared photos on his family group of him cutting a cake, with the message, “Celebrating the escape from a danger like Geeta.”
Screenshots of these photos and his message are now being forwarded on WhatsApp and Facebook, with comments cheering and congratulating Suresh.
“We would like to give you a huge treat, you are the real luckiest man, you escaped from a bad girl,” said one comment.
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