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A review by maninee
Killing Honour by Bali Rai
3.0
Killing Honour is about a British Indian family who live in Leicester. Mr. and Mrs. Kooner have three children: Amar, Jas and Satinder. The older two are devoted to their parents and the upholding of a culture of a country they've never even been to. But the third, Satinder, refuses to hold on the by gone traditions and tries to blend in with the British community. So when his older sister Jas is married off to a guy she barely knows Sat is shocked that she would accept but never pays much attention to the matter. Later his sister disappears and he finds himself to be the only one who cares.
The story is about the Sikh community and their bias towards the male members of the family, and how so many women's situations are ignored because of the prejudice. The book taught me a lot about honour killings I'd never known. Though I've grown up in India I live in a state where honour killings are unheard of. They mostly take place in North eastern India and as far as I'd known only in the among the less educated families in the villages.
The story is about the Sikh community and their bias towards the male members of the family, and how so many women's situations are ignored because of the prejudice. The book taught me a lot about honour killings I'd never known. Though I've grown up in India I live in a state where honour killings are unheard of. They mostly take place in North eastern India and as far as I'd known only in the among the less educated families in the villages.