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Compiled by GayToday Dina Thanthi
Homosexual love Sumathi and Geethalakshmi were staying together at a Yoga Centre in Coimbatore for the last 3 years. Their close friendship later turned into homosexual love. They were not able to live away from each other. They were postponing marriage, as they were not interested in getting married to men. Exposed They were thrown out of the Yoga Centre when people at the Yoga Centre came to know about their homosexual love relationship. As they had no other way, they had parted from each other and got back to their respective houses from Coimbatore. But they were unable to bear the parting. She came to meet Under these circumstances Sumathi had come from Chennai to see Geethalakshmi in Kallipatti, (Gopi). Sumathi stayed with Geethalakshmi for 10 days. Geethalakshmi's parents did not bother about Sumathi's stay, as they Sumathi and Geethalakshmi were close friends. Away from others, Sumathi and Geethalakshmi spoke to each other. Inseparable We can't live apart from each other any more; our homosexual love will not be accepted by the society. Not only that others have come to know about our homosexual relationship. Even if we get married we have to live separately from each other. Together they discussed and decided to commit suicide. According to their decision they bought soft drinks, sweets and poison. They wrote letters to their parents about their sad decision. They also wrote a letter to the Guru in Yoga centre. Suicide They went ahead with their decision by leaving their respective houses on 28th last month, on the pretext of visiting the Bannariamman Temple. They went to Toranapallam forest near Bannari and committed suicide by consuming poison. People found their dead bodies in the forest only after four days. Heartbreaking letter These two women in their letter had clearly written, "we are not able to live apart from each other and that is why we have arrived at this decision". Sumathi in her letter to her father wrote the following: "Don't separate us after death" "Father, my brother and sister-in-law have been cheating you. Please give them separate property and one shop. Both of us have done a mistake. This society will not accept our relationship. We cannot live apart from each other. That is why we took this decision. Whether you bury us or burn us do not separate us from each other". Sumathi and Geethalakshmi together wrote a letter to the Guru in the Yoga Centre stating "we did a mistake because of which you threw us out. After coming out we thought and realized that we committed a big mistake. We cannot survive in this society. That is why we arrived at this decision. Please forgive us". Parents' grief Sumathi's parents, sister-in-law S. Veda and relatives from Chennai came to Satyamangalam Police station. Sumathi's sister- in-law S. Veda is an ADMK councillor of Chennai City Corporation. Sumathi's younger sister came from Yoga Centre to Satyamangalam, saw Sumathi's body and was crying loudly. Geethalakshmi's parents, relatives and many others came from Kallipatti (Gopi) and were crying loudly after seeing both the dead bodies. Last wish fulfilled The dead bodies of both Sumathi and Geetha were handed over to their parents after the post-mortem. As per their last wish, their bodies were burnt together on the same pyre in the Satyamangalam burial ground. These two women committing suicide because of their homosexual love has become a major issue for the people in the Satyamangalam area. |
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