Nagpur same-sex couple doctors get engaged and vow to spend their lives together

In Maharashtra’s Nagpur last week, two women doctors took vows to spend their lives together as a couple and got engaged in a “commitment ring ceremony”.

The couple is planning to hold a wedding ceremony soon in Goa, as told to news agency ANI. The same-sex couple also shared about how they came out in the open regarding their sexual orientation.

“We call this relationship ‘lifetime commitment’. We are planning our wedding in Goa,” Paromita Mukherjee, one of the women told ANI. “My father knew about my sexual orientation since 2013. When I told my mother recently, she was shocked. But later she agreed because she wants me to be happy,” she added.

“There was never any opposition to my sexual orientation from my family. In fact, when I told my parents, they were happy. I’m a psychiatrist and many people talk to me about living a dual life because they couldn’t take a stand for themselves,” said Surbhi Mitra, Paromita’s partner.