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Long before homosexuality was decriminalised by a Delhi High Court ruling,
two girls from a remote village of Kokrajhar in lower Assam went ahead and
got married defying stigma and discrimination.
Marking in their own way the gay rights movement, this despite being under
tremendous social pressure to conform.
By sunrise Roinachi gets busy cleaning the fish that she sells in the local
market. By then her spouse Thingring has already left for the paddy field.
Twenty five years ago, Thingring fell in love with Roinachi who was serving
as a domestic help in a family which allegedly tortured her. They soon
married in a temple with Hindu rites. A shocked Fakiraguri village which had
not even heard of gay relationships immediately ostracised them. They moved
home and settled down in nearby Simlaguri village.
"Had we feared we couldn't have got married," said Thingring, husband.
They say it's a marriage made in heaven.
"We have never had any marital discord. We are very happy together," said
Roinachi, wife.
Though same-sex relationship is still considered illegitimate, Simlaguri has
slowly come to accept Roinachi and Thingring.
In a country where women are yet to be completely liberated, Thingring and
Roinachi have gone that extra mile by marrying, displaying a rare boldness,
much before homosexuality was even debated.
Today they are not just happily married but their conviction has even led to
social acceptance.
But it was a struggle to even find work and survive. The government has
given them a job card but people are no longer employing them for hard
labour. After a lifetime fighting discrimination they now wish they can just
have a piece of land and live on their own.
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