When words fail you, this is such a tragedy!

@1hopefulman We used brains to discover cures for severe illnesses but we also developed nuclear weapons.

@Daljinder Yes, that is true!

Castes were abolished in India in 1950, and yet, things like this continue to happen.

@DaddyEvil I had an Indian friend in the old mylot who was a professor at the university. Still he was all for castes.

@marguicha Oh, I see... I guess some things are difficult to forget. It's a shame things like this still happen. My heart goes out to the man, his wife and their family.

@Daljinder There are always these kinds of morons, who are not on the better side of the fence.

@dpk262006 You would think so but there were a couple of prominent journalists sympathising with the father who had raised the unruly daughter for 20 years.

@Daljinder Money is killing the relations!!!!!!!!!!!

@Sreekala ANother father attacked his daughter almost chopped her hand off and son-in-law only a couple of weeks after in broad daylight. Its more of a ego issue I believe. "Losing control of their property aka daughter" is what is the issue.

@DWDavis They are arrested and booked. I hope they get punished as they deserve.

@ShifaLk Only a couple of weeks later another father attacked his daughter and son-in-law in broad daylight at a traffic intersection. This is a huge problem.

@allen0187 It does whether we see or not. whether we know about it or not.

@Daljinder I agree ... it is like parents saying I fed clothed you sheltered you took care of your medical bills and educated you...you have to obey me, it is there in fine print, can't you read?

@vandana7 I can't believe that you can't believe it is happening in India. In our society, we practice a toxic parent-child relationship. If not honour killing, any child who marries out of parent approval more often than not gets abandoned or cut off. Vice versa is also true. We have a very warped society to boot. Love to revel in the misery/unfortunates of others.

@vandana7 Yep! Many families will break and they do break because of this. Not only that, it is compromising with the future of our generation. Just look at the present generation. What a child has a qualification in and what job is he doing? There is a significant gap between those two things now. Why Medicine, Engineering, CA are the only decent careers to take on? Why feed that to kids?

@Daljinder Many times here, the parents don't like the chosen husband/wife their child(ren) have married. That doesn't mean the in-laws are nice to their son/daughter-in-law, but they don't have them killed! (Some of the son/daughter-in-laws profess to wish their father/mother-in-law would hurry up and die, but they don't usually go about trying to kill them!) Hmmm... that sounds like the same type of deal (education and employment) that people here get when they are poor. (They could be white, black, Hispanic or Asian. The only requirement is that they (or their parents) make less than a certain amount per year.) There are some government benefits I don't agree with, though. Such as the ones that allow people born in other countries who are living here to apply for and receive SNAP benefits (food stamps) even though they're working and making good salaries. Those same people can also apply for and receive housing benefits that the average American isn't eligible to receive. Yes, I agree, Indians haven't had their independence long enough for a true national identity to coalesce, let alone cultural or societal identity. Psychologically speaking, there is always the possibility that the group mind (for India) will always feel that looking-over-their-shoulder mentality for ages to come. The Indians I've spoken with (for the most part) seem rational and well-balanced. Maybe I've just been lucky or possibly the Indians who aren't well-balanced mostly avoid myLot. (I don't know... just a thought.) Even the one Indian who turned out not to have both feet on the ground that I talked with seemed well-balanced up until he proved he wasn't. *shrug*

@DaddyEvil You grow up thinking and believing parents as God whose words you follow no question asked. Elders to be respected at all times no matter what. Doesn't matter whether they are wrong or right. Make it a generational thing. And out of blue, one kid goes against what you want? It becomes a prestige issue, culture issue, ego issue, etc etc... And society happily adds fuel to the fire. Yes it is there to help the poor. The flaw:- Reservation here would get you a well-paying government job even if you flunked all exams. Essentially sending a person to an important job even if you are not qualified. Yeah irrational Indians don't stick around long here. They have been around though. They don't find any takers to their thinking so they scoot sooner rather than later.

@DaddyEvil And that is why, I couldn't get their faces out of my head for days later after reading the news. I don't understand the motive. Fine, you didn't agree with the marriage. You didn't like the guy. All fine! But who the heck gave you the right to take his life? The caste system was abolished but it never implemented on ground level. For ex: We still have Reservation from the government which gives reservation to people for low castes in the fields of education and employment. That kind of becomes contradictory. One way you are abolishing cates system while on the other hand, you are giving special benefits on basis of castes. Honestly speaking DE, I believe Indians are going through identity crisis. In the 12th Century, Islamic invasions started the destruction and declination of the culture and society which continued through 1500-1600s. Around this time, East India Company came for trade during the reign of 4th Mughal Emperor, Jahangir I believe. "Company rule in India effectively began in 1757 and lasted until 1858, when, following the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the Government of India Act 1858 led to the British Crown's assuming direct control of the Indian subcontinent in the form of the new British Raj." India gained independence in 1947. Its been 71 years now and Indians are still recovering. This mind you is not an excuse for utter stupidity and crimes but it does allow a little leeway. 1000 years give or take of continuous oppression can't be reversed in a mere 71 years of independence. Its the cultural, societal and psychological damage that as a whole needs correcting over a period of time.

@VivaLaDani13 Yep! More of an ego matter than "sentiments"

@aureliah I just watched their marriage promo video and I couldn't just digest that their happy life just destroyed. A beautiful couple in love! You are right it was unreasonable. So tragic! I have the heebie jeebies.

@Starmaiden I have no idea. Can't say that they lack a conscience. Maybe selective conscience?

@florelway There are all sorts of character in the world doing despicable things.