Will casteism ever end from the Indian society? A tragedy in Maharashtra has left the nation stunned. 20-year-old Saksham Tate was brutally murdered—shot and his head crushed with a stone—allegedly by his girlfriend’s family due to their inter-caste relationship. But in a defiant act of love, his partner Aanchal refused to let hate win. At his funeral, Aanchal applied vermilion to her forehead and performed wedding rituals with Saksham’s lifeless body. She has vowed to spend her life in his home

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