Even though I am a meat eater, I tell my children to pick up the insects and place them outside the house. Taking a life is not part of the Hindu ethos. When I read about these “so called” honor killings, it really hurts inside. What prompts a person to take the life of his or her own child? Can there really be a justification for that???
Most of these are happening in Haryana. I am not going to name the groups of people because that is not the idea here. Caste system is a leperous blot on the Hindu society. It is an evil which when further distilled yields the purest form of evil there is – Honor Killings. I wonder how much honor these murderers feel when paraded around in front of the camera. They have a choice. If they feel so slighted by their child’s action then they can disown the child. Cruel as it may be, it still is a valid choice as opposed to murder.
We see all kinds of malevolent behaviors in our society as a result of caste system. We are also paying for that in some form or the other, which is probably our repentance of the sins of our forefathers. It is the solemn duty of our and forthcoming generations to remove it from our lives, one person at a time. Otherwise, we would not only lose out moral standing but watch the nation’s and the society’s descent into chaos and ultimately disintegration. We are already seeing the signs of it in the form of Maoism and conversion of Hindu dalits into Islam and Christianity.
In the following article Mr. Chandan Mitra, a columnist extraordinaire, takes a very unemotional look at the problem.
http://www.dailypioneer.com/265229/A-matter-of-dishonour.html
Most of these are happening in Haryana. I am not going to name the groups of people because that is not the idea here. Caste system is a leperous blot on the Hindu society. It is an evil which when further distilled yields the purest form of evil there is – Honor Killings. I wonder how much honor these murderers feel when paraded around in front of the camera. They have a choice. If they feel so slighted by their child’s action then they can disown the child. Cruel as it may be, it still is a valid choice as opposed to murder.
We see all kinds of malevolent behaviors in our society as a result of caste system. We are also paying for that in some form or the other, which is probably our repentance of the sins of our forefathers. It is the solemn duty of our and forthcoming generations to remove it from our lives, one person at a time. Otherwise, we would not only lose out moral standing but watch the nation’s and the society’s descent into chaos and ultimately disintegration. We are already seeing the signs of it in the form of Maoism and conversion of Hindu dalits into Islam and Christianity.
In the following article Mr. Chandan Mitra, a columnist extraordinaire, takes a very unemotional look at the problem.
http://www.dailypioneer.com/265229/A-matter-of-dishonour.html
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