Recent incidence of homicide in
Honour is the evaluation of a person's social status as judged by that individual's community. The element of “honour” is crucial in forming social norms & strengthening of feudal system.
Sati system is an example that relates to “honour’. though as a religious funeral practice among some Indian communities in which a recently widowed woman either voluntarily or by use of force and coercion would have immolated herself on her husband’s funeral pyre. The practice is rare and has been outlawed in
(Roop Kanwar with husband after their wedding)
There after in 1947, at the time of partition of India, many women were given poison or made to jump in deep wells for the sake of “honour”, this act has been quoted as voluntarily and only possible way to save honour. But it can’t be ruled out that peer pressure played key role to convert into mass hysteria phoneme.
We have been under peer’s pressure to live with feudal system; beside we are citizen of words largest democracy.
In a democracy peer groups with feudal values is major threat to us.
With such peers groups (members) “Honor” is a primal code of behaviour embedded in there day today practice and social habits, that we all have experienced in our daily life, also we observer in an honor-based society "a person is what he or she is in the eyes of other people.”. A code of honor differs from a legal code.
We urge the government to take measures, in identifying elements’ at initial stages & addressed.
Further, in this case we request the government to make the provision of punishment in a manner, that the “accused’ and the group (of the community) does not gain the advantage of “honour’ by any means.
