Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 08:24:53 -0400
From: pbanerj-AT-wadsworth.org (Partha Banerjee)
Subject: Help, please


Hi everybody,

I am forwarding a question from a friend of mine -- please help. Thanks.

-Partha

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>The other day I read an article on Hindu women in Britain who had murdered
>her husband. When she tried to explain why she had committed the crime she
>said that the code of izzat had kept her in bondage for ten years.
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>Before reading this I had no idea that honour is a key concept also for
>keeping Hindu women in their proper places. :-< I always associated the
>concept with rural South Europe and some rural Arabic speaking areas.
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>I would be grateful if you could give me some details on the Hindu use of
>the izzat concept. Is it limited to certain socio-economic or regional
>groups? Is it an Urdu word. Is izzat discussed among Indian intellectuals?

Partha Banerjee, Ph.D.
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