Indian parents must take responsibility. Sonam Raghuvanshi told her parents about Raj, the man she was in love with, and they responded in classic Indian parent style - they forced her to marry someone else.
Raj was their employee and it’s likely they took issue with his caste/economic status/skin colour/profession or any of the other allergens that react badly with Indian parents’ disregard for their adult children’s hopes and dreams.
As someone who co-founded a space where interfaith, intercaste, and LGBTQIA+ couples can share their stories and support each other, I can tell you this country doesn’t believe that young people have the right to choose their partners. In fact, we have even criminalised some choices. From the profession they pick, to the way they dress, to what they eat and to who they love, adult children have no freedom to live their own lives. Parents are the Indian lover’s biggest, seemingly insurmountable obstacle.