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kandwardeep ji


Your conclusions contradict the statistics that show that honor killing has been on the rise in urban areas. You have yourself posted articles that point to that trend.


In addition, honor killing is not an "indian problem" but a worldwide problem that has cultural causes. In most cases it happens because a woman's body is considered the playing field where justice is served when a man or the patriarchy believes that male honor has been defiled.


In this scenario, no one is really a person with a conscience. Not the woman nor the man, nor the family members. Everyone is playing a role. Each person is playing the part in a drama that culture and history have dictated for them. In other words, everyone is acting out a script. No one is consciously human. No one really cares about anything other than "respectability" or how they are viewed by their culture. It is perhaps one of the greatest tragedies to be stuck this way. And there is no need to make excuses for it, because it serves itself.


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