Parmanand Nigam & Monikapriya Sinha, Christ University
ABSTRACT
Honor killing in India has been listed as a cultural crime prevalent in society for an exceptionally long time which perceives women as barriers to family honor in society. Owing to this many young people have lost their lives. The sole reason for this is the Indian culture which believes in and supports the ideology that considers women as objects and commodities, and not as human beings subject to dignity and rights. These killings in the name of honor are prevalent in the context which considers women as a vessel of family honor.
The fact that the society still waters the concept of the male ego which is solely based on delusions, is deeply concerning and acts as a type of barrier to the evolution of liberal thinking. The offenders of this crime particularly commit this crime with the contention to save the honor of their community, caste, or society. The acts of honor killing mostly include acts of execution of couples who through their acts bring dishonor to their family. These killings vary from plain manslaughter to vindictive homicides and so on. Rather honor killings depend on codes and leads of ethical quality that direct specific societies and networks.
The motivation behind this research paper is to recognize the issue of honor killing that has been developing step by step like an outfitted beast in the 21st century that too in a nation having the biggest democracy in the world. Here the question which is to be asked is “Is there any honor in killing own family members and relatives in the name of honor?”
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