Marriage
Apr 13 2011, Gowri Raman

Honour killing seems to be carried on in many parts of India regularly. It is shocking to note that more than 1,000 people are being ‘honour-killed’ by their own kith and ken every year.

Marriages are being forced upon youngsters and when the...

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Andrew Chapin of New York holds a sign during a rally outside the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., Tuesday, April 28, 2009. Gay rights advocates want the Legislature to approve legislation to legalize gay marriage in New York. The Democrat-led state Assembly...