Tamil Nadu’s Journey From Social Justice Towards ‘(Dis)Honour Killings

Title: Tamil Nadu’s Journey From Social Justice Towards ‘(Dis)Honour Killings

Published on: August 2, 2025

Published in: The Wire

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Dr. Karthikeyan Damodaran

[with Hugo Gorringe] 

Tamil Nadu has a proud history of politics committed to social justice. Failure to act decisively against the scourge of caste-violence and so-called honour-killings, contributes to the perception that egalitarian commitments have been sacrificed at the altar of electoral politics.

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