Are we waiting for another murder???
After the recent murder of a married youth Ved pal Maun in Singhwal
The increasing cases of Honour killings in Haryana on the behest of Khap Panchayats need urgent attention। Issuing of ‘Fatwa’ by these Panchayats against the young couples for marrying in the same ‘Gotra’ (sub-caste), is not only a violation of one’s fundamental rights but also an issue of law and order। Murder of a youth Ved Pal Maun in Jind district, in the presence of police party speaks volumes of failure of the state in providing protection to such couples even after an order of Hon’ble High court। Absence of any strict action against the office bearers of these non-constitutional Panchayats is only encouraging them। Again, a Fatwa has been issued in Jhajjar district against another young couple Shilpa and ravinder. Can we wait for another murder?
-saurabh arya.
Make this boy his wife's brother! Haryana's Cultural Dilemma!!
Excerpts from Rajbir's Blog:
http://rajbirdeswal.instablogs.com/entry/make-this-boy-his-wifes-brother-haryanas-cultural-dilemma/
Rajbir Deswal, is an educationist, political commentator, social activist, thinker and philosopher rolled into one. His book review of Haryana At Crossroads published in The Tribune exposes all that and much more...!Haryana at Crossroads, on the one hand, opens windows on current burning Haryana issues, and on the other, it provides a deep insight into the state’s glorious past, degenerated into a near-tribal cultural milieu.
The issue of social justice also gets equally dexterous treatment at the hand of Chaudhry when he describes khap panchayats as ‘Kangaroo courts’ dispensing justice in crude, brutal, abortive and senseless adjudications. It is to the author’s credit that very recently, the Punjab and Haryana High Court referred to an article published by him in The Tribune on the same subject while hearing petitions against the ‘fatwas’ (edicts), issued by the khap panchayats which did have their relevance but in an era gone bye. The book is a must-read for scholars and researchers besides all those interested in Haryana affairs.
The Tribune Book Review at http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090104/spectrum/book4.htm
"it is about a near tribal tendency found in the traditioin bound states in northern India that their Kangaroo Courts issue edicts against certain social violations that they perceive to be so and in dispenstion of what they call justice, they can go even upto the extent of telling a couple to become brother and sister if they have allgeldly flouted any societal norms of marriage. Silly isn’t it?" -Rajbir Deswal.
