Atrocities on Women

  Honour killing: Killing for protecting so-called “izzat.” “Hamare Ghar ki Izzat”, I think this phrase is sufficient to explain the root cause of this heinous crime. Honour killing is defined as killing for honor, a death that is awarded to the women or men by their own family members for marrying against their wishes or having a pre-marital relationship, marrying within the same gotra or marrying outside their caste. There are some others factors also that can lead to honor killing such as losing virginity before marriage and so on. The main reason contributing to this heinous crime is the mentality of people, that they are not ready to accept the fact their children can marry in accordance with their own choices be it in their own caste, religion or outside their caste or religion. Sometimes it is not just about the caste or religion, there are certain cases in which the family murder their own people just because they do not want that tag of love marriage. Their so-called “izza...