Gud mng :)
Yeah, yet another day!
Hhmmm...so tat line in t title..."Bebasi Jurm Hai...Hausla Jurm Hai..."
It's a close friend's status line in GTalk. N it set me thinking...
If both weakness and determination is a crime...then, what isn't?
What about strength? Is strength a crime? Not in my world atleast...but I've heard n read quite a bit - words that try hard to prove, minds that struggle to prove that strength is a crime.
Heard of honour killing?
In a way, it's better not heard - but if you've kinda overheard it, you wouldn't be able to chuck it and walk past...like now, you've just read this out here!
So - what do you think is honour killing? Yeah! Right...Killing in the name of honour...restoration of honour thru crime! Amazing isn't it?
Na..na...thr isn't much to worry about...
Coz it's just about taking life to restore a "FAMILY's" honour...it's just about father or brother strangling the daughter/sister to death...or better still burning her alive, coz she loved someone...coz they suspected she loved someone...coz she did somethin that brought shame unto them...
Am happy in my world...in my world honour isn't about takin life...it's about giving it away...
Life doesn't begin n end with honour...but it sustains through humanity.
Will write more about this soon...need to get bak to work for now...
N yeah...just got t remians of those lines...here it goes:
"Ae sanam tere baare mein kuch sooch kar,
Apne baare mein kuch soochna jurm hai;
Bebasi jurm hai...hausla jurm hai..."
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Thanks for bringing up the important subject of murder in the guise of family "honor." I'm looking forward to what else you will post about this heinous type of crime.
I wish none of us knew of this "custom," and I especially wish it had never happened in my family and been kept under wraps for eight decades.
There is no honor, ever, in torturing or murdering a sister, daughter, wife, niece for real or imagined affronts to family "honor."
We must speak out against such crimes, and for the victims whose screams have been silenced.
I am interested in a translation of the words you've posted.
Karen Tintori, author
Unto the Daughters: The Legacy of an Honor Killing in a Sicilian-American Family
www.karentintori.com
Unfortunately, I know too much about "honor" killing. It's repugnant to me.
Real honor means having control over one's impulses and temper. Real honor means treating others with dignity and respect. Real honor means not remaining mute and passive in the face of atrocities.
Ellen R. Sheeley, Author
"Reclaiming Honor in Jordan"
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