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The Hegemony Of The Khap Panchayats: A Case Of Culture And Tradition In Its Extreme

By Sakshi Abrol: What does the word ‘culture’ or say ‘tradition’ brings to our mind? For some it would be the picture of their God placed under the sanctum sanctorum and yet others may think of their rituals or festivals. Quite different from this, for an

Short Stories & Poems

And They Walked Into A Bloody Sunset: Killed For Honour

Read on as Shruthi Venukumar expresses her grief on the growing trend of killing for honour in India. She was brought into this world, riding on her mother's pain, Nine months of nourishment behind her, a lifetime of it ahead. Nine months of being a

Honour Killing in India: An In-depth Study

By Sango Bidani: Recently, there has been a spate of honor killings in the country and this has led the government to decide what laws should be put in place to stop this heinous crime. Also whether the Hindu Marriage Act should be reformed or

Shout Out

Killing the Honour!

Trishla Gupta: In a world where people chat with 3G technology and life goes on at a vroom pace, our society has regressed to the Dark Ages where the honor of society is killed without a thought. Lives are taken for age old beliefs which

Society

“Khush raho. Jeetey raho!!” Let’s Put an end to Honour Killing

Nitisha Tripathi: The ideal sequence of events in any land is: A girl loves a boy. The boy loves the girl. So, the girl and the boy get married and live happily ever after. Whereas, the sequence of events in the land of “caste’s” called

Society

Honour Killing: Henious Crimes in the name of Honour

Radhika Bhargava: 02 June, 2010-- Much as the name sounds- murders to save one’s honor. Murder of one upon whom he/she trusted the most, loved the most, and most importantly by its relatives for whom their honor is more beloved than their own beloved. Honor

Society

The Lost Honour- Kiling for false Honour

Shewta Bhalla: In the wake of sudden media light on the cases of honour-killings, latest one being that of Delhi based journalist Nirupama Pathak, we are exposed to a heinous side of society that most of us have always chosen to ignore. Honour-killing, as the

Society

EXCLUSIVE Video Coverage: Tracking “Justice for Nirupama” Campaign- Perspectives

We at Youth Ki Awaaz bring you exclusive footage of the "Justice for Nirupama" march at Jantar-Mantar, Delhi on 8th of April, 2010. Our Senior Editor, Kumar Ankit, got a chance to cover some of the aspects of the people's views and perspectives and compile