In Nepal,
where the caste system is deeply entrenched and maintained through arranged
marriages, elopement is the only way to marry for love. But when the partner is
an untouchable, conservatives punish the lovers with violence, ethnic
cleansing, and even death in order to maintain the system.
These five
love stories, of high-caste girls running away with untouchable boys, are
modern-day versions of Romeo and Juliet. Manoj and Parbati’s affair causes
ethnic cleansing in their village. Khadga and Jaisara live in the jungle to
hold on to their love. The romance of Shyam and Saraswoti unleashes the wrath
of the police on the untouchables. Kishor faces jail because he loves Ranjana.
And the case of Rajib and Sabina, is it a double suicide, or murder?
