An honor killing or shame killing is the murder of a member of a family, due to the perpetrators' belief that the victim has brought shame or dishonor upon the family, or has violated the principles of the community or religion to which the family belongs.
Honor killing has been something unheard of for us Keralaites. When we got to read or hear about honour killing , we always thought that it would be something occurring only in North India, where the literacy rate is low and the social situation is under developed compared to that of ours. Until the news of Kevin's murder at Kottayam came out in the open.
