It is best to start stories from where they begin. This is how this particular tale unravelled: about four years ago, Dhanush, a diploma student of Kalambakkam village in Tiruvallur district, and his friend took part in an inter-college cultural programme at Dindigul. There, he met Vijaya Sri, a coordinator of the event. What began as friendship blossomed into love. A couple of months ago, the couple decided to get married as Mr. Dhanush landed a job at a private company in Vandalur and Ms. Vijaya Sri was also a major (21). They were happily in love.
However, the shocks were yet to come. When Ms. Vijaya Sri told her father Vanaraja, a wholesale coconut trader in Theni, that she wished to marry Mr. Dhanush, the family did not take her seriously. But, Mr. Vanaraja sought the help of Maheswari, a dismissed Sub-Inspector, to verify Mr. Dhanush’s family background. Thereafter, Mr. Vanaraja told his daughter that her marriage to Mr. Dhanush would not be a good idea because he did not match either their caste or financial status (Ms. Vijaya Sri is a Naidu and Mr. Dhanush is Vishwakarma or ‘Asaari’).
