There are hardly any sentiments to describne the recent spate of honour killings in the northern belt of the country. One after another, senior family members and so called caretakers of society are indulging in it, all in the name of keeping our heritage intact!!! So we honour our gotras, do we? When were these gotras formed and why where they formed? Is marrying in the same gotra akin to incest? I wish these learned men of the society would explain and justify why they need to take lives to protect the society? Is our heritage so fragile that it cannot withstand the onslaught of new blood? How is it possible for mothers, fathers and brothers to kill one of their own. And here we were crying ourselves hoarse when the atrocities of the Taliban came to the fore in the Swat province. Are these honour killers any different?
I do hope the young ones rise in rebellion for love and give a fitting reply to this incomprehensible fanaticism.
