I had a Hindu friend (who as far as I could tell was pretty westernized, didn't wear a Sari,etc) in college that admitted to me that her family would kill her if she ever dishonored them. She was dating a muslim guy at the time and was hiding it from her family. She told me that her brothers were very protective and would always try to protect her, but if she ever dishonored the family it was their job to protect family honor first. Unfortunately it does happen in India, although I think more and more restricted to rural areas where the government doesn't have as much of a presence. I've read accounts from anthropology classes and new stories shown to me by friends from India of this. One of the stories (published in New York Times I believe) indicated that women who got raped were supposed to kill themselves to spare the families honor.
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