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‘Honour’ crimes in India: An assault on women’s autonomy
Violence against women’s autonomy, in all matters and especially in matters of sexuality and marriage, is one of India’s most widespread and tenacious forms of gender violence – and also the least recognised.
It is a form of violence that hides in plain sight. Violence (against men and women both) to prevent a woman from exercising her choice in love and marriage is not properly documented, since India does not have a specific law against “honour” crimes.
To spot such violence and confront it, you need to look beneath the surface and read between the lines of available documentation.
In , an English daily, The Hindu, tracked rape cases decided by New Delhi’s district courts in It found that the single largest category of cases (nearly 40 percent) involved consenting couples who had eloped, after which the parents (usually of the women’s) had filed cases of rape.
This startling fact meant that rape statistics are actually dis