Where having male friends is considered as a sin, where girls are told to do everything after marriage.Its like that Marriage is only key for their freedom. They do not prioritise the choices of the their daughters, neither they ask their opinion regarding their marriage. There are certain families in India that expect the daughters of their family to only study and not to go out of their house except for the purpose of going to school and then complete their education and get married to the person chosen by their family. These peoples are so hypocrites that they consider pride in drinking alcohol and committing domestic violence. They impose the burden of their izzat on the shoulders of their daughter. Their so-called “izzat ” decreases when their daughters get marry according to their own choices. Sometimes it is not just about the caste or religion, there are certain cases in which the family murder their own people just because they do not want that tag of love marriage. The main reason contributing to this heinous crime is the mentality of people ,that they are not ready to accept the fact their childrens can marry in accordance with their own choices be it in their own caste, religion or outside their caste or religion. There are some others factors also that can lead to honour killing such as losing virginity before marriage and so on.
Honour killing is defined as killing for honour, a death that is awarded to the women or men by their own family members for marrying against their wishes or having a pre-marital relationship, marrying within the same gotra or marrying outside their caste. “Hamare Ghar ki Izzat”, I think this phrase is sufficient to explain the root cause of this heinous crime. Honour killing: Killing for protecting so-called” izzat”