India’s Honor Killings: A Modern Problem

A rash of honor killings in India has left Westerners to condemn the act as a brutal relic. But former Indian police chief Kiran Bedi says it's actually a knee-jerk reaction to modernization, and Indian law must play catch-up.

Kiran Bedi

Published Jul. 11 2010 5:32PM EDT 

Kiran Bedi

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