Honour in the Punjabi Community in the UK

What is it about?

This article studies the Punjabi community in the UK and its strict adherence to the code of honour through two autobiographical narratives. These are women's autobiographies and highlight how the presence of sexual honour immensely controls and circumscribes their lives. These are tales of atrocities and extreme violence that bring out the manner in which the very being of the women of the community is subordinated to a social construct.

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Why is it important?

This work highlights the entrenched nature of the problem of honour crimes in the Punjabi diasporic community in the UK. It highlights the complete disregard of human life and personal safety in the community while ascendancy is given to the social construct of honour. Currently, the British government is debating the criminalisation of honour crimes in the UK. In fact, there is a bill already in the house for the same. At this juncture, this work draws attention to the horror of the situation