Honor Killings in India

That’s what they call it in India when a young couple is brutally murdered on the pretext of saving the honor of their respective families. The crime for which they are punished (rather executed) is for loving and marrying someone who hails from a different community / caste. Ironic as it sounds, India is being viewed as a new face emerging on the global platform as a country that offers tremendous growth and business opportunities as of today. Perhaps, lagging behind all these years has turned out to be a blessing after all. Reminds me of the conventional hare and tortoise story. Slow and steady wins the race! As they say even the most potent political systems / governments / social systems have their own set of pitfalls, the downside in the Indian system is, most certainly, its entire social structure which, so blatantly and brazenly, shows in its dogmatic views, its hideous and heinous approach in dealing with problems of youth, its fanaticism, its gruesome attempt to curb the individuality of the younger generation and its intolerance and unacceptability of the changes which have crept in, due to intermingling of various cultures, in the wake of globalization.

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