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The Dark Side of Love

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The Dark Side of Love

By: Vice Media Asia Pacific
Narrated by: Neha Dixit
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Love. Ordinarily, the word love evokes the sweetest, nicest, and warmest emotions.

But what if we told you that falling in love in India can be brutal, difficult, painful, and at times, fatal?

This is The Dark Side of Love, where VICE India takes you deep inside the grim realities of some of the most shocking love stories in the country.

©2023 Vice Media (P)2023 Vice Media Murder True Crime
Episodes
  • Episode 1 - When Honour Killed Love

    Episode 1 - When Honour Killed Love
    Feb 24 2023
    An all-powerful people’s court, the Khap Panchayat, found Manoj and Babli guilty of being in love. They called it incest, because the lovers belonged to the same clan. The fallout: a brutal double-murder – all in the name of honour.
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  • Episode 2 - Happily ‘N’ Ever After

    Episode 2 - Happily ‘N’ Ever After
    Feb 24 2023
    Vasavi was in love. But her lover used her to buy things for himself. He abandoned her when she asked for commitment. This is the story of what it means to fall in love as a transgender sex worker in India.
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  • Episode 3 - I’ll Love You to "Bits"

    Episode 3 - I’ll Love You to "Bits"
    Feb 24 2023

    Rajesh and Anupama Gulati were in love, and married for love. But soon this story of love turned into one of domestic violence and abuse, and ended when Anupama’s body was found cut into 70 pieces. How could love turn into something so gruesome?

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