[An honor killing or honour killing (also
called a customary killing) is the murder of a family or clan member by one or
more fellow family members, in which the perpetrators (and potentially the
wider community) believe the victim to have brought dishonour upon the family,
clan, or community.
The perceived dishonor is normally the result
of the following behaviors, or the suspicion of such behaviors: (a) utilizing
dress codes unacceptable to the family/community, (b) wanting to terminate or
prevent an arranged marriage or desiring to marry by own choice, or (c)
engaging in certain sexual acts, including those with the opposite or same sex.
Such killings or attempted killings occur due to the belief that the honor of a
family, clan, or community justifies killing a person whose behavior is
perceived to have dishonored the clan, family, or community.
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
estimates that the annual worldwide total of honor-killing victims may be as
high as 5,000. Many women's groups in the Middle East and Southwest Asia
suspect the victims are at least four times more.[ Wikipedia]
[Thapa Magar's murder comes as there has been
a spate of honour-killings in India. Some of them have found a recent mention
in Nepal, including the murder of New Delhi-based journalist Nirupama Pathak,
with the release of Bollywood director Priyadarshan's new film Aakrosh that
despite its reported lackluster showing in India is playing to packed theatres
in Kathmandu. The story, in which fact and fiction coalesce seamlessly, is
being thronged by crowds despite the lull in other businesses due to Dashain, Nepal's
biggest festival corresponding to India's Dussehra.]
KATHMANDU: When D K
Bahadur Thapa Magar of Nepal's remote Okhaldhunga district fell in love with
Parbati Danuwar of Kavre, close to Kathmandu, the match was fiercely opposed by
Parbati's father Niraraj as the young man belonged to a different caste.
Though the couple still married against the wishes of their families, five days ago, the match ended in stark tragedy with police finding the 29-year-old groom hanging from the rafters of his rented room in Kathmandu . At first it was thought to be a case of suicide but investigations showed the dead man had been fatally wounded with sharp objects. Now, police have arrested the 47-year-old father-in-law, charging him with murdering his son-in-law.
Honour killings, rife in India Bangladesh Pakistan Nepal Kathmandu valley are showing films on honour-killing.
"In Nepal Kathmandu . "There were repeated instances of the father-in-law threatening to kill the son-in-law because he came from another caste. Then last week, the father-in-law, who had been drinking to rustle up courage for the deed, attacked the victim with beer bottles and knives and after he died, strung up his body to make it look like suicide."
Though honour killings in Nepal
Thapa Magar's murder comes as there has been a spate of honour-killings in India Nepal India Kathmandu . The story, in which fact and fiction coalesce seamlessly, is being thronged by crowds despite the lull in other businesses due to Dashain , Nepal India
Some of the same theatres that are screening Aakrosh are also showing "Kasle choryo mero man" (Who stole my heart), a love story between a poor boy and a rich girl from the aristocratic Rana clan that ruled Nepal
