Kolkata gay couple finds happiness in Chennai

They got married on Christmas Eve last year with the blessings of a friend-turned-purohit and their buddy gang cheering them on. Relatives and friends attended their reception. It was like any other Bengali wedding. Except for the fact that the bride and the groom were successful women.
While Suchandra Das is an established photographer, Sree Mukherjee works with a corporate house.Soon after marriage, the couple moved to Chennai where they have been living happily ever after.
While the Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to re-examine its verdict on homosexuality and referred the matter to a five-judge Constitution bench, both believe that in a democratic country , no one can tell a person who to love.
Besides, Section 377 isn't only about homosexuality , they say. "It also involves heterosexual couples if they practice anything that deviates from the process of making babies. So, this law is not about LGBT issues. It is about human rights," they said.
Sree said the couple have always lived life on their own terms. "It is our life. Hence, we were the ones to decide our marriage. Some day I hope people will understand that it is not anyone else's business to decide who a person wants to spend his or her life with," she said. The SC decision, Suchandra said, has given them hope. "There is a way forward. We hope love wins. Laws are made to benefit mankind. But here, the law is wrong. Not just law, no one can govern our marriage," she declared.
Shifting to Chennai was a professional decision -it turned out to be a blessing. "In Chennai, people are largely non-interfering. But in Kolkata, they used to stare at us," said Suchandra. In Chennai, the landlord didn't arch an eyebrow before renting out the flat to them. Sree's office, too, has no issues with their marriage.
"I am not an in-your-face lesbian. I interact with people as a human being. They have also understood that sexuality is not a big deal," Sree said. Suchandra travels all over India on work and doesn't feel the need to shout out her sexual preference. As a parting shot, she said, "We have been together for five years now. It is as normal or abnormal as heterosexuality ."