The more progressive, forward looking, emancipated and oh so modern we pretend to become, a gruesome, heinous, barbaric and inhuman incident puts paid to all our lofty expectations and pretences, thereby exposing us as a primitive, medieval, racist and caste ridden society that clings on to the age old irrelevant and impractical customs and traditions as if they were going out of fashion.........
We may be crying ourselves hoarse at every given opportunity; tom tomming our supposed virtues and oh so upwardly mobile mindsets and thinking, so much for pretences and the art of making a virtue out of blatant hypocrisy; the fact of the matter is that we are still bound by iron clad blood thirsty and stone ageic practices that place or hold the so called "honour" of the clan above the precious lives of their very own.........
Well, the so called "honour killing" industry seems to be alive and kicking what with a young man and woman who also happened to be college as well as life (?) mates being put to sleep in the most calculated, callous and blood curdling ,manner in a village in Haryana's hinterlands on Wednesday.........
Local police officials disclosed the fact that they were closely investigating and probing the deaths of Dharmender 23 and Nidhi 20, residents of Kalanaur village in Haryana's Rohtak district (about 70 odd kms away from the national capital) as their bodies were found under mysterious and perplexing circumstances within the village on Wednesday evening........
While the body of Dharmender was recovered in a dismembered state; with his head lying some distance away from the rest of his body at a spot in close proximity to his humble abode, the mortal remains of the girl (Nidhi) were cremated by her family members in a clandestine and hush hush manner after sunset on Wednesday evening.........
Neighbours however let the cat out of the bag saying that Nidhi's heart rending and piteous screams were heard by one and all a long distance away until her voice and screams were hushed for eternity; on being asked why they did not intervene and make an effort to save the tortured girl's life, the very same neighbours doeled out the excuse of the two deceased young adults being involved with each other in a romantic relationship and such relationships between two people from the opposite sexes are frowned upon by the all powerful khap panchayat as all young men and women belonging to the same village are brothers and sisters in their hackneyed opinion........
More importantly, none of the villagers was able to summon up the courage and wherewithal to raise their voice against and oppose this nonsensical diktat as doing the same would have led to a social boycott, ostracisation and last but not the least banishment from the village for life........
The families of the two victims have made good their escape from the hotspot and both their dwellings were found to be deserted according to neighbours and the very same police sources; the local police on their part have launched a massive manhunt to trace and apprehend the alleged culprits........
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the India of the 21st century, an India wherein sublime and heartfelt love is purported to be the most heinous crime of them all, and misplaced and stereotyped notions about family honour and prestige, the greatest "virtue" of them all..........
We may be crying ourselves hoarse at every given opportunity; tom tomming our supposed virtues and oh so upwardly mobile mindsets and thinking, so much for pretences and the art of making a virtue out of blatant hypocrisy; the fact of the matter is that we are still bound by iron clad blood thirsty and stone ageic practices that place or hold the so called "honour" of the clan above the precious lives of their very own.........
Well, the so called "honour killing" industry seems to be alive and kicking what with a young man and woman who also happened to be college as well as life (?) mates being put to sleep in the most calculated, callous and blood curdling ,manner in a village in Haryana's hinterlands on Wednesday.........
Local police officials disclosed the fact that they were closely investigating and probing the deaths of Dharmender 23 and Nidhi 20, residents of Kalanaur village in Haryana's Rohtak district (about 70 odd kms away from the national capital) as their bodies were found under mysterious and perplexing circumstances within the village on Wednesday evening........
While the body of Dharmender was recovered in a dismembered state; with his head lying some distance away from the rest of his body at a spot in close proximity to his humble abode, the mortal remains of the girl (Nidhi) were cremated by her family members in a clandestine and hush hush manner after sunset on Wednesday evening.........
Neighbours however let the cat out of the bag saying that Nidhi's heart rending and piteous screams were heard by one and all a long distance away until her voice and screams were hushed for eternity; on being asked why they did not intervene and make an effort to save the tortured girl's life, the very same neighbours doeled out the excuse of the two deceased young adults being involved with each other in a romantic relationship and such relationships between two people from the opposite sexes are frowned upon by the all powerful khap panchayat as all young men and women belonging to the same village are brothers and sisters in their hackneyed opinion........
More importantly, none of the villagers was able to summon up the courage and wherewithal to raise their voice against and oppose this nonsensical diktat as doing the same would have led to a social boycott, ostracisation and last but not the least banishment from the village for life........
The families of the two victims have made good their escape from the hotspot and both their dwellings were found to be deserted according to neighbours and the very same police sources; the local police on their part have launched a massive manhunt to trace and apprehend the alleged culprits........
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the India of the 21st century, an India wherein sublime and heartfelt love is purported to be the most heinous crime of them all, and misplaced and stereotyped notions about family honour and prestige, the greatest "virtue" of them all..........
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