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Inter-Caste Marriage Or A Trip To Hell?

By Grishma Mehta: "Marriages are made in heaven, but are destroyed on earth" Glories are sung of the diversity of India in all corners of the world and this is one of the things we as Indians feel particularly proud of. We talk big about

Society

The Golden Cage: A Peek Into The Life Of Many Indian Girls

By Mowshimkka Renganathan: “No matter how old you are, there will always be someone to tell you what you should be”. We hear about honour killings, emotional and verbal abuse, forced marriages and so many violence’s against girls. There is one more to that list,

Society

A Thousand Deaths In Silence: A Look At Choices Given To Women In India

By Jyoti Singh: “Had she been my daughter, I would have shot her for the shame she has brought upon our family!” How many times have you heard something of this kind before? Ask me and I will tell you that I have heard this

Society

Where Is The Honour In Honour Killings?

By Ankur Sohanpal: The slaying of 4 women and a teenage girl for ‘dancing’ with unrelated men in the UC Peech Bela, Palas tehsil, Kohistan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan has been much in the news recently within the country as well in sensitized online journals,

Society

“Kill your daughter if she elopes”, Insensitive Police And The Hypocritical Society

By Shruti Shreya: “Kill your daughter if she elopes”, was the advice given to a father looking for his missing daughter in U.P. You would think that these were words uttered by uneducated people of some backward or tribal area but what is more shocking

Society

Punjab Minister Convicted Of Kidnapping And Forceful Abortion- A Mother Against Her Own Daughter

By Nitum Jain: The case of a Punjab Minister Bibi Jagir Kaur, who has finally been convicted for kidnapping and forceful abortion, has brought to the fore the perennial issues of foeticide and honour crime once again. A public figure like Kaur didn’t think twice

Society

Khap Panchayat: Power or Honour?

By Sowmya Krishnamurthy: India portrays itself as a developing nation with an economic growth that is skyrocketing every microsecond. India portrays itself as a nation of mixed cultures and traditions that is tolerant of one another. What is true in reality is that India is

Specials

Aarushi Murder Mystery: Justice A Far Fledged Dream?

By Shivani Singh: May 17, 2008 – a teenager Aarushi Talwar was found brutally murdered. December 29, 2010 – Two and a half years down the line, the CBI files a closure report. The Noida double murder case still remains unsolved and the CBI has filed a

Society

Life Is Beautiful: “Change Minds, Save Lives” [END HONOUR KILLING]

By Rahul Gautam: In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinction out of their own minds & then believe them to be true". – Lord Buddha Let us model the ‘Indian Society’ as an organization which has been following