Pune's Sameer-Amit: Love, Marriage, and the Ongoing Fight for Acceptance

• Sameer Samudra and Amit Gokhale, a Pune-based LGBTQ couple, share their journey of love and marriage.
• Despite societal opposition and mental struggles, they chose to stand by each other, highlighting love's boundary-less nature.
• Their relationship began in America in 2003, evolving from online connection to friendship and then love, leading to their marriage in 2010.
• After legal registration in 2014, they remarried in Pune in 2024 with family and friends present, overcoming initial family shock.
• The couple continues their legal battle for same-sex marriage recognition in India, seeking equal rights as heterosexual couples.