India Love Project - an online repository of hope

Page launched in response to controversy over ad celebrating love across boundaries

A post on the India Love Project site - from Martina Roy, a Christian, married to Zain Anwar, a Muslim - reads: "It was probably our honesty and determination that changed the minds of our families." PHOTOS: INDIA LOVE PROJECT/INSTAGRAM Screenshot of
A post on the India Love Project site - from Martina Roy, a Christian, married to Zain Anwar, a Muslim - reads: "It was probably our honesty and determination that changed the minds of our families." PHOTOS: INDIA LOVE PROJECT/INSTAGRAM
A post on the India Love Project site - from Martina Roy, a Christian, married to Zain Anwar, a Muslim - reads: "It was probably our honesty and determination that changed the minds of our families." PHOTOS: INDIA LOVE PROJECT/INSTAGRAM Screenshot of
Screenshot of a post by Tanvir Aeijaz, a Muslim, married to Vineeta Sharma, a Hindu. They write: "That our Hindu-Muslim marriage can be a role model of secularism seems to belie people's expectations. They're dumbfounded, almost disappointed that our love would have to be called love, and not love jihad."
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A Hindu woman happily married to a Muslim man for nearly 20 years, Ms Priyadarshini Narendra felt exasperated by the fallout around an ad for a popular Indian jewellery brand, Tanishq.

The advertisement, released last month, featured a baby shower organised for a Hindu expectant mother by her Muslim in-laws who had incorporated Hindu rites to make their daughter-in-law feel at home. It was meant to celebrate love across boundaries.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on November 15, 2020, with the headline India Love Project - an online repository of hope. Subscribe