'Honour Killing' the Menace - A case study in Tamil Nadu
Journal Title: International Journal of Management Research and Social Science - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
Honour killing (inTamil,Gowravakkolaigal) have been considered as a cultural phenomenon practiced by most of the countries. This crime rate in India is more than thousands per year. There are various reasons why family members decide to kill their daughter and son in the name of maintaining their family honour. The most obvious reason for this practice is the caste system. Historically there were many issues in India and Tamil Nadu about the inter-caste marriage. The fact that the caste hierarchy continues to be at its stiff and the people from the rural areas refuse to change their bad notion. Hence, Prevention of honour killings will definitely decrease the number of victims and objective of this case study is focused about inter-caste marriage between Dalit and other communities, and also attempt to eradicate the caste notion from people mind and to take legal action to protect the couple and lovers who ever getting inter-caste marriage.
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Murugananthan S.
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