marriage, society & violence

Im getting into troubled waters here, but my views on this : assault on the couple for marrying inside the gothra

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I think the provocator was the marrying in the gothra, which is looked upon as incest. Frankly as per the news article, the age difference wasn’t the provocator.

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The social sanctity associated with marriage in India is very high but sadly I still dont get what ’society’ the parents keep talking about. A society that can only point but not sustain.

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Again, the bystander effect comes into play. Last we had the killing of the two manipuri women near the gateway of india; then the police assault on the couples in the park. And now this. But sometimes the mob effect far surpasses any reserves of bravura possessed by a single good samaritan.

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And why was violence and killing is ever an answer to anything? Understood what is at stake is a reputation of years of social standing but even then…?

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Why go back to the parents when they knew they know they’ve married against their marriage and what they have done amounts to sacrilege? Why try build something when you’ve already burnt the bridges? I really apologize if this sounds against the victims, but logically its a question; and I want to look at it only as that : a why question.

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Published:
2.7.06 / 2pm
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