It was a cold February night in the beautiful city of Agra, the freezing waters of the Yamuna crinkled in the moonlight. The reflection of the greatest symbol love in its waters looked magnificient. It was about midnight when two figures walked down a bridge built over this holy river. Ayaan and Sahil had met a few years ago when Sahil had interned in the company that Ayaan worked in. Their bond of friendship developed stronger through the years. Funny but Sahil was actually older than Ayaan, because when he had come out as gay to his wonderful family after school ended, they had kicked him out.So he had to work hard for 3 years until he was able to pay his college fee for the first year.In college, he never told anyone about him being gay, because these highly educated ignorant bastards would never understand him. Ayaan was smart enough to know that though his family boasted of being classy and modern yet they would never accept his sexuality.So, he kept himself confined in the closet. No one in the world knew that he was gay, so he didn’t fear being tortured and hated by the people of one of the world’s superpowers. It was the year 2014 when they met.After the friendship developed, they began to like each other,went on dates, surprised each other with gifts, cared for each other and did all the sappy romantic stuff that happens in all beautiful relationships. They eventually fell in love with each other.Their relationship always remained strong even when they were faced with crisis, unhappiness , anger, disagreements etc. It was in 2016 that Ayaan’s family chose a bride from a wealthy family for him and came to surprise him for the engagement, because come on , the marriage of 2 people deserves to be consented to by everyone but the 2 people who are getting married.They saw him holding hands with Sahil and kissing his cheek.They accused sahil of “infecting” their child and demanded to contact his family, but alas, his family had disowned him long ago. They forced Ayaan to come back home with them so that they could get this disease off him.However , he ran back to Agra.They then threatened to file a police complaint against Sahil and Ayaan for being in a gay relationship. When they searched about it on the internet, lo and behold, it was really a crime to fall in love.But what else they found out was that if they both agreed to the charges filed against them, they would send 10 years in jail but if they pretended that it was a forced relation, it would be a lesser sentence , i.e. only 7 years. They both pleaded Ayaan’s family to not do this but the homophobes didn’t budge. So, in order to save each other, they separated and Ayaan agreed to marry the girl.But however much he tried, he couldn’t get himself to get attracted to her. It was not because he had a choice, but because he was born gay and he would always remain gay, because it was what God had made him to be. A few months later, when he couldn’t bear this anymore, he searched for Sahil, who had been scared off by Ayaan’s family. They talked for a few weeks and found a little happiness in just texting and calling. They still longed for each other, but atleast this was better than nothing.They loved each other so much that they could sacrifice their own lives for each other.Finally came a wonderful news that article 377 of the Indian constitution was not valid.How they rejoiced!!They hoped that now the society would change a bit and accept them for who they are, but little did they know that this cruel country can never become liberal in its beliefs , inspite of whatever it boasts of.Nothing changed for them. Coming back to the present, as you have guessed , these two people walking were Ayaan and Sahil.They had eventually decided that they could not bear to be separated from the love of their lives . They longed for each other desperately. They decided to end the misery that this society had bestowed upon them.They jumped off the bridge and the deep and freezing water engulfed them forever. They were no Romeo and Juliet or no Heer and Ranjha because I am not very good at expressing the depth of love as I am no Shakespeare.But, similar to these couples, they were separated by this cruel society and killed themselves so their souls could unite.No one would remember them because people looked at their love with loathing and hatred.When their families were informed about the suicides, they didn’t even bother to take the bodies from the police for their last rites. Some people justified their hatred by saying that it is unnatural or a disease but science has proven that being homosexual is not abnormal, it is who you are from the beginning.Some use their religion to justify the loathing but no religion in this world teaches us to hate someone or to spread hatred towards any person.Every religion teaches us to love and respect others for who they are. And besides that, love is a beautiful emotion which binds two souls together and as we all know very well, souls have no gender.As losers always find an excuse for failing, haters always find a reason or a manipulation to hate others. But if You really want to love and respect others despite their sexual orientation, even one reason will be more than enough. There are so many Ayaans and Sahils who we don’t even know about and their tragic love stories are even more touching than the popular tales of tragic love but they are not even known because we people are so ignorant , heartless and sefish to acknowledge such beautiful love that shows that love knows no boundaries of caste, religion, gender and faith.Ayaan and Sahil died in the city of love during the month of love and, let me rephrase myself, it was not a suicide , it was a murder that we all committed.We killed another two individuals who would otherwise have been a beautiful example of the beauty and depth of the emotion called love. So, please tell me what you think of this story...

It was a cold February night in the beautiful city of Agra, the freezing waters of the Yamuna crinkled in the moonlight. The reflection of the greatest symbol love in its waters looked magnificient. It was about midnight when two figures walked down a bridge built over this holy river.Ayaan and Sahil had met a few years ago when Sahil had interned in the company that Ayaan worked in. Their bond of friendship developed stronger through the years. Funny but Sahil was actually older than Ayaan, because when he had come out as gay to his wonderful family after school ended, they had kicked him out.So he had to work hard for 3 years until he was able to pay his college fee for the first year.In college, he never told anyone about him being gay, because these highly educated ignorant bastards would never understand him. Ayaan was smart enough to know that though his family boasted of being classy and modern yet they would never accept his sexuality.So, he kept himself confined in the closet. No one in the world knew that he was gay, so he didn’t fear being tortured and hated by the people of one of the world’s superpowers.It was the year 2014 when they met.After the friendship developed, they began to like each other,went on dates, surprised each other with gifts, cared for each other and did all the sappy romantic stuff that happens in all beautiful relationships. They eventually fell in love with each other.Their relationship always remained strong even when they were faced with crisis, unhappiness , anger, disagreements etc.It was in 2016 that Ayaan’s family chose a bride from a wealthy family for him and came to surprise him for the engagement, because come on , the marriage of 2 people deserves to be consented to by everyone but the 2 people who are getting married.They saw him holding hands with Sahil and kissing his cheek.They accused sahil of “infecting” their child and demanded to contact his family, but alas, his family had disowned him long ago. They forced Ayaan to come back home with them so that they could get this disease off him.However , he ran back to Agra.They then threatened to file a police complaint against Sahil and Ayaan for being in a gay relationship. When they searched about it on the internet, lo and behold, it was really a crime to fall in love.But what else they found out was that if they both agreed to the charges filed against them, they would send 10 years in jail but if they pretended that it was a forced relation, it would be a lesser sentence , i.e. only 7 years. They both pleaded Ayaan’s family to not do this but the homophobes didn’t budge. So, in order to save each other, they separated and Ayaan agreed to marry the girl.But however much he tried, he couldn’t get himself to get attracted to her. It was not because he had a choice, but because he was born gay and he would always remain gay, because it was what God had made him to be.A few months later, when he couldn’t bear this anymore, he searched for Sahil, who had been scared off by Ayaan’s family. They talked for a few weeks and found a little happiness in just texting and calling. They still longed for each other, but atleast this was better than nothing.They loved each other so much that they could sacrifice their own lives for each other.Finally came a wonderful news that article 377 of the Indian constitution was not valid.How they rejoiced!!They hoped that now the society would change a bit and accept them for who they are, but little did they know that this cruel country can never become liberal in its beliefs , inspite of whatever it boasts of.Nothing changed for them.Coming back to the present, as you have guessed , these two people walking were Ayaan and Sahil.They had eventually decided that they could not bear to be separated from the love of their lives . They longed for each other desperately. They decided to end the misery that this society had bestowed upon them.They jumped off the bridge and the deep and freezing water engulfed them forever.They were no Romeo and Juliet or no Heer and Ranjha because I am not very good at expressing the depth of love as I am no Shakespeare.But, similar to these couples, they were separated by this cruel society and killed themselves so their souls could unite.No one would remember them because people looked at their love with loathing and hatred.When their families were informed about the suicides, they didn’t even bother to take the bodies from the police for their last rites.Some people justified their hatred by saying that it is unnatural or a disease but science has proven that being homosexual is not abnormal, it is who you are from the beginning.Some use their religion to justify the loathing but no religion in this world teaches us to hate someone or to spread hatred towards any person.Every religion teaches us to love and respect others for who they are. And besides that, love is a beautiful emotion which binds two souls together and as we all know very well, souls have no gender.As losers always find an excuse for failing, haters always find a reason or a manipulation to hate others. But if You really want to love and respect others despite their sexual orientation, even one reason will be more than enough. There are so many Ayaans and Sahils who we don’t even know about and their tragic love stories are even more touching than the popular tales of tragic love but they are not even known because we people are so ignorant , heartless and sefish to acknowledge such beautiful love that shows that love knows no boundaries of caste, religion, gender and faith.Ayaan and Sahil died in the city of love during the month of love and, let me rephrase myself, it was not a suicide , it was a murder that we all committed.We killed another two individuals who would otherwise have been a beautiful example of the beauty and depth of the emotion called love.So, please tell me what you think of this story...

The story was awesome, but its a bit rushed near the end. Your language is amazing and the message is great, india really is homophobic as hell, and even after 377 was removed, the police still arrests people for being in a consensual homosexual relationship, its literally " gundaraj" of police. really disheartening fact

The story was awesome, but its a bit rushed near the end. Your language is amazing and the message is great, india really is homophobic as hell, and even after 377 was removed, the police still arrests people for being in a consensual homosexual relationship, its literally " gundaraj" of police. really disheartening fact

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Damn, that was a touching one . Good work dude/dudette :))

Damn, that was a touching one . Good work dude/dudette :))  

I think you have a beautiful soul. I think Jesus loves you even though I doubt you are Christian. I’m the type of man most liberals don’t like. I’m cocky. I believe in my mind I can kick any other mans a$$ if I have too. I’ve owned giant 4 x 4’s. I’ve killed animals &amp; ate them. I own guns. I wear leather &amp; animal fur. These things make many in the left despise me. But I have stepped up for gay people. I can’t say I understand it. I can’t relate to it. When I see another man it’s just another dude. It’s women that crank my tractor. But I know God gave me advantages. I’m much more faster &amp; stronger than almost any other human in this planet. Other big men fear to F with me. Because I have the warriors mentality. I fear no man. I “will” fight to the death for what I believe in. I once saw hate at work. All these people harassing or distancing themselves from a gay (don’t be offended by the word. Takes longer to type homosexual). I was a married man. I’m always the top alpha every where I go. So the other men at work liked me. The women thought I was hot. But when I saw men threatening this little guy. Saw him hold his head down in fear &amp; shame. I did what I always did. I “stood” for God. I waded in. It got intense for a while. Groups of men tried to intimidate me. But it would have taken s lot of men. There’s a reason I’m the alpha. Would you believe one day they made me take an AIDS test? A married Christian man taking an AIDS test. Because I defended a gay man. One of my best friends literally tried to hit me at work; &amp; called me a fa$$ot. He was s black belt but I easily subdued him. I did not hurt him. After that I never again had many true friends at that job. But that’s OK. I’m proud of myself for doing that. Because I put another ahead of myself. I honored God. I followed the path Jesus laid out for me. Oh it followed me around. To this day there are people in my own family who still think I might be gay. I lost friends over that. But before he left to a new job he came &amp; thanked me. Over the years I’ve protected many people. I’m Thor. That’s what I do.

I think you have a beautiful soul. I think Jesus loves you even though I doubt you are Christian. I’m the type of man most liberals don’t like. I’m cocky. I believe in my mind I can kick any other mans a$$ if I have too. I’ve owned giant 4 x 4’s. I’ve killed animals & ate them. I own guns. I wear leather & animal fur. These things make many in the left despise me.    But I have stepped up for gay people. I can’t say I understand it. I can’t relate to it. When I see another man it’s just another dude. It’s women that crank my tractor.     But I know God gave me advantages. I’m much more faster & stronger than almost any other human in this planet. Other big men fear to F with me. Because I have the warriors mentality. I fear no man. I “will” fight to the death for what I believe in.    I once saw hate at work. All these people harassing or distancing themselves from a gay (don’t be offended by the word. Takes longer to type homosexual).    I was a married man. I’m always the top alpha every where I go. So the other men at work liked me. The women thought I was hot.    But when I saw men threatening this little guy. Saw him hold his head down in fear & shame. I did what I always did. I “stood” for God. I waded in. It got intense for a while. Groups of men tried to intimidate me. But it would have taken s lot of men. There’s a reason I’m the alpha.    Would you believe one day they made me take an AIDS test?  A married Christian man taking an AIDS test. Because I defended a gay man.    One of my best friends literally tried to hit me at work; & called me a fa$$ot. He was s black belt but I easily subdued him. I did not hurt him.    After that I never again had many true friends at that job. But that’s OK. I’m proud of myself for doing that. Because I put another ahead of myself. I honored God. I followed the path Jesus laid out for me.     Oh it followed me around. To this day there are people in my own family who still think I might be gay. I lost friends over that. But before he left to a new job he came & thanked me. Over the years I’ve protected many people. I’m Thor. That’s what I do. 

to the person, who replied that he defended a gay man at work, u r an awesome person, and yes, that happened with me too, i support lgbt community and many people dont, so when i tried to speak for them, they only assumed that i am a lesbian too, like cant a person support a community if they dont belong to that community? and after that, they began talking about me behind my back and distanced themselves from me. But i will still stand firm on my opinion, that homosexuality is as natural as anything else in nature and the people who hate gays are bastards.

to the person, who replied that he defended a gay man at work, u r an awesome person, and yes, that happened with me too, i support lgbt community and many people dont, so when i tried to speak for them, they only assumed that i am a lesbian too, like cant a person support a community if they dont belong to that community? and after that, they began talking about me behind my back and distanced themselves from me. But i will still stand firm on my opinion, that homosexuality is as natural as anything else in nature and the people who hate gays are bastards.

They just removed article 377 from the Indian constitution, but it is a very small step, we still need to go a long way. Still, gay marriage is not legal, thus lgbt+ community people cant have marriages or adopt kids as a family. i think they too have the right to have a family. Plus, the people r still ignorant and homophobic. We need to make them aware, cuz the indian education isnt enough to tell them that being gay is normal.There have to be awareness programs, because this education system cant even talk freely about sex education till now, so there is a looooonnnnngggg way to go still.But that isnt easy as the current govt is homophobic and its ministers itself condemned the supreme court judgement openly, shame on them, we can never expect them to do domething progressive in this case, if they r given the right, they would instead declare article 377 valid again and make it more strict.

They just removed article 377 from the Indian constitution, but it is a very small step, we still need to go a long way. Still, gay marriage is not legal, thus lgbt+ community people cant have marriages or adopt kids as a family. i think they too have the right to have a family. Plus, the people r still ignorant and homophobic. We need to make them aware, cuz the indian education isnt enough to tell them that being gay is normal.There have to be awareness programs, because this education system cant even talk freely about sex education till now, so there is a looooonnnnngggg way to go still.But that isnt easy as the current govt is homophobic and its ministers itself condemned the supreme court judgement openly, shame on them, we can never expect them to do domething progressive in this case, if they r given the right, they would instead declare article 377 valid again and make it more strict.

wow , the concept of the story is really good. And, i am also from India, so i know that people here wont hesitate to do such things to their children if they came out to them. It is really bad, especially as we know that 10% population is LGBTQIA+ so calculating from India's population f 1.3 billion, there are 130 MILLION people belonging to LGBTQIA+ community and we all know that many of us dont know even 1 gay person, even though we have hundreds of contacts, so i wonder how many of these 130 million will lead an unhappy life wallowing in fear and hiding themselves from our cruel society. Its so sad to even imagine. This figure is more than even the population of many countries, and most of these people are still hiding in the frightening closet while the others are living and tolerating the hate and loathing of homophobic bastards. AND TO ALL SELF PROCLAIMED PRESERVERS OF "INDIAN CULTURE", LET ME TELL U THAT HOMOSEXUALITY IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF ANCIENT INDIA . THERE ARE MANY TEMPLES IN SOUTH INDIA WHICH WERE BUILT THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO, THEY SHOW HOMOSEXUAL SCENES AND THAT SHOWS THAT THEY WERE ACCEPTED BY THE PEOPLE IN THAT ERA. SHIKHANDI WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE DEFEAT OF EVIL IN MAHABHARATA AND ARJUN WAS STILL RESPECTED SO MUCH AND BECAME A TEACHER IN DANCE TO PRINCESS UTTARA WHEN HE BECAME GENDER FLUID FOR 1 YEAR. ALSO, HAVE U HEARD OF THE AVATAR OF LORD SHIVA AND GODDESS PARVATI , "ARDHNARESHWARA" SO, u stupid people who protested against 377 removal from constitution, in the awe of "protecting our culture", maybe u should go learn a bit about our culture before speaking bullshit. I am proud to belong to such a great country , which has such a diverse and accepting culture, and many of us would like if u homophobes didnt use our great culture and tarnish its name by saying that hating LGBT+ community is a part of this culture. Thanks.

wow , the concept of the story is really good. And, i am also from India, so i know that people here wont hesitate to do such things to their children if they came out to them. It is really bad, especially as we know that 10% population is LGBTQIA+ so calculating from India's population f 1.3 billion, there are 130 MILLION people belonging to LGBTQIA+  community and we all know that many of us dont know even 1 gay person, even though we have hundreds of contacts, so i wonder how many of these 130 million will lead an unhappy life wallowing in fear and hiding themselves from our cruel society. Its so sad to even imagine. This figure is more than even the population of many countries, and most of these people are still hiding in the frightening closet while the others are living and tolerating the hate and loathing of homophobic bastards.AND  TO   ALL  SELF   PROCLAIMED  PRESERVERS  OF   "INDIAN   CULTURE",   LET    ME  TELL   U   THAT   HOMOSEXUALITY   IS   AN   INTEGRAL   PART   OF    ANCIENT  INDIA  . THERE   ARE   MANY   TEMPLES   IN  SOUTH    INDIA   WHICH     WERE    BUILT   THOUSANDS   OF   YEARS   AGO,   THEY   SHOW   HOMOSEXUAL    SCENES   AND   THAT   SHOWS   THAT    THEY   WERE   ACCEPTED    BY   THE   PEOPLE   IN   THAT   ERA.SHIKHANDI   WAS   IMPORTANT   FOR   THE   DEFEAT   OF   EVIL   IN    MAHABHARATA   AND   ARJUN   WAS    STILL   RESPECTED   SO   MUCH   AND   BECAME   A   TEACHER   IN   DANCE   TO   PRINCESS   UTTARA    WHEN   HE   BECAME   GENDER   FLUID   FOR   1   YEAR.ALSO,   HAVE   U   HEARD   OF   THE   AVATAR  OF   LORD   SHIVA   AND   GODDESS   PARVATI  , "ARDHNARESHWARA"SO, u stupid people who protested against 377 removal from constitution, in the awe of "protecting our culture", maybe u should go learn a bit about our culture before speaking bullshit. I am proud to belong to such a great country , which has such a diverse and accepting culture, and many of us would like if u homophobes didnt use our great culture and tarnish its name by saying that hating LGBT+ community is a part of this culture.Thanks.

Thank you so much for writing!!! I’m pansexual (f). You are an amazing story writer! You may want to add in that not everyone are homophobes. I know that you didn’t say everyone is but some people may read it as that

Thank you so much for writing!!! I’m pansexual (f). You are an amazing story writer! You may want to add in that not everyone are homophobes. I know that you didn’t say everyone is but some people may read it as that 

Nice story, i like the poetic bits in the story mentioned in the various spots, Also, the irony was awesome, like february, the month of love and agra, which has the taj mahal, symbol of eternal love. But u should try to make it a bit more detailed and longer. Also, pls write more stories based on gay love, i am a fan, but pleassseee, with a happy ending!!

Nice story, i like the poetic bits in the story mentioned in the various spots, Also, the irony was awesome, like february, the month of love and agra, which has the taj mahal, symbol of eternal love. But u should try to make it a bit more detailed and longer. Also, pls write more stories based on gay love, i am a fan, but pleassseee, with a happy ending!!

okayy, this is basically the reply to that awesome person who wrote about the indian culture, I totalllyyy agree with u, these people who speak about " indian culture" dont actually know that our culture is one of the greatest everrr. They just want to use it to spread hatred on the basis of sexual orientation, community etc. Also, when the religious books have been edited and translated with biased minds for thousands of years, such that some parts of them r missing or some irrational parts have been added as per the advantage and bias of the elite people of those times, it is difficult to believe in everything which these books say now, because they r far from the original versions now. ( also, this is true for almost all religions today, so i am not referring to anyone in particular). So how can we believe in what these people call our "culture" when it has been under the influence of foreign influence for hundreds of years( the delhi sultanate, the mughals, and then the britishers, which were not liberal at all in those times). The generations under these have been completely influenced by those cultures( which we know were so orthodox in the older times, though they arent so much now). So , of course, what we call culture today, is actually heavily influenced by the regions of middle east and older european times.

okayy, this is basically the reply to that awesome person who wrote about the indian culture, I totalllyyy agree with u, these people who speak about " indian culture" dont actually know that our culture is one of the greatest everrr. They just want to use it to spread hatred on the basis of sexual orientation, community etc. Also, when the religious books have been edited and translated with biased minds for thousands of years, such that some parts of them r missing or some irrational parts have been added as per the advantage and bias of the elite people of those times, it is difficult to believe in everything which these books say now, because they r far from the original versions now. ( also, this is true for almost all religions today, so i am not referring to anyone in particular). So how can we believe in what these people call our "culture" when it has been under the influence of foreign influence for hundreds of years( the delhi sultanate, the mughals, and then the britishers, which were not liberal at all in those times). The generations under these have been completely influenced by those cultures( which we know were so orthodox in the older times, though they arent so much now). So , of course, what we call culture today, is actually heavily influenced by the regions of middle east and older european times.

I really liked the story, but please extend it, its way too brief and also, if u can, this time with a happy ending somehow???

I really liked the story, but please extend it, its way too brief and also, if u can, this time with a happy ending somehow???                                                                                       