They say ‘Love is Blind But Marriage is an Eye-Opener’. The Proverb Appropriately Fits the Love-Hate Story of Sachin & Sarah Pilot. We Bring you the Latest Gossip from the Pilot Household Today…
Romeo-Juliet, Titanic, Heer-Ranjha: they’re things of the past. Today, we’re going to narrate a ‘desi’, ‘masala’ love story that outshines all the cliché Bollywood movies. The protagonists of the story are a Hindu Jat and a Muslim beauty who met each other overseas. At college, their friendship eventually blossomed into love. When the families were involved, it stirred up the biggest controversy of the decade. The guy came from the family of renowned politicians and armymen whereas the girl belonged to a strict Kashmiri family that had not one, but three chief ministers on their family tree.
We bet you know who we’re talking about! The story involves two well-known, powerful political families of our country– the Pilots and the Abdullahs.
The Abdullahs were Against Sachin-Sarah Union
Omar and Farooq Abdullah were strictly against the wedding of Sachin and Sarah due to cultural differences. Though Sachin convinced his family regarding Sarah, his father-in-law Farooq Abdullah didn’t accept their relationship. Regardless of the families criticising their reunion, in January 2004, Sachin and Sarah tied the knot in a small ceremony. After marriage, the Abdullahs disowned Sarah for her rebellion.
But, things settled down for good when Sachin tried his luck in politics. He contested for Lok Sabha elections in 2004 from Dausa constituency. His victory earned the appreciation of father-in-law, who finally accepted him as a part of his family.
Though Inter-caste/Inter-religion Marriages are Customary in the Abdullah Family, it was Uncharacteristic of Farooq to Oppose this Union
Farooq Abdullah himself got married to a British Catholic woman named Molly while his son Omar is married to a Hindu ex-army officer’s daughter. It means inter-caste marriages were common in the Abdullah family. Therefore, the world was really surprised when Farooq forbade his daughter from seeing Sachin Pilot. Our trusted sources reveal that the veteran politician didn’t trust Pilot’s ways. In time, his fatherly instincts were proven correct.
A Not-so-Happy-Ending of a Fairytale Romance
A few years after marriage, things became rocky for the couple when Sachin went back to his old Casanova ways. Once, Sarah caught Sachin in a compromising position with another woman at a Delhi-based 5-star hotel. Sachin was quick to beg her forgiveness. Sarah, who loved her husband unconditionally, forgave him for his mistake and gave their marriage a second chance.
However, things turned dirtier when their house maid got pregnant for the second time at their home. That’s when their marriage went downhill. In 2014, Sarah retreated back to her family house in Kashmir. In 2014, the divorce of Sachin and Sarah Pilot was all over the media. Sarah was determined to get rid of Sachin then. She’d almost completed the formalities for legal separation, when their families intervened in between.
The divorce was annulled since elections were near and this could leave a detrimental impact on the political records of both the families. Though Sachin promised to mend his ways, it’s obvious he didn’t keep his promises. Time and again, we saw him with other women at various social gatherings (bet Sarah knew nothing about it). Even now, the couple is facing a tough time in their married life. Though Sarah hasn’t divorced Sahin under family pressure yet, the world knows they’ve been living separately for long.
So, that’s how a beautiful love story that started with promises of friendship, ended on a bad note. It’s high time that Pilot mends his ways else he would lose more than just his constituency—he’ll lose a loving wife and the respect of his two beautiful children. It’ll be an irreparable loss.
