India, June 16 -- An interfaith couple married two years ago with parental approval who still haven't registered their marriage for fear of vigilante groups; a professor who has been "advised" by a Hindutva group not to go ahead with her forthcoming marriage to a Muslim; a couple who has given notice of their interfaith marriage and is hoping it goes smoothly; and a newly married interfaith couple barely recovered from the trauma of living under police protection.

These young couples shared their experiences at a consultation held at the YMCA International House in Mumbai Central on Sunday. The session was organised by Dhanak of Humanity, a Delhi-based nonprofit that has been providing support to interfaith and intercaste couples for the...