Thursday, February 11, 2010
Honour killings: Collective action against life?
We often come across news reports of honour killings in various parts of the country. The various members of a particular caste or a community get together and mete out punishments to such couples who dare to break the laws of the “collectives” (read love or marry outside the community). The latter are quick to be branded as offenders and there is collective consent to their being banished from the community or even being killed. Are the “laws” put forward by a collective, more important than an individual’s life? I am searching for an answer.
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Penetrating question. Collective action has to be wider good of the society, of humanity and shouldnt confine itself only to meet the ends for a particular section; for when it does it is always misused like these families and sarpanch orchestrating honour killings, like hindus burning muslims or vice versa, like men subjugating women, like the 'strong' always 'oppressing' the weak.
the honour killings as 'collective' occurs mainly because of the inherent mental construct that the community has against inter-caste marriages...such communities act as more of an expressive crowd rather than acting crowds....
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