Every few months, the nation gets shaken by a horrifying report of a young woman’s death in her marital home. Outrage after each tragedy has become a ritual, but rituals cannot cure the blindness of the mind. Domestic violence, dowry, and oppressive marriages are symptoms of a deeper poverty: absence of inner clarity. Without clarity, there can be no love; without love, greed is the default, and violence is inevitable.
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Originally published in The Pioneer on 30 aug '25.
Every few months, the nation gets shaken by a horrifying report of a young woman’s death in her marital home. Police investigations may cite accident, suicide, or homicide, with reasons ranging from dowry harassment to alleged infidelity. Social media erupts, families accuse, lawyers argue. Yet beneath all the noise, one fact refuses to go away: such incidents unsettle us because they feel very familiar. They are not rare exceptions. They reveal what many homes quietly hide: the reality of how relationships often play out.
The Ordinary Face of Violence
Contrary to the stereotype, most domestic violence cases do not originate in criminal settings. They emerge in households that otherwise appear respectable: middle-class families with jobs, education, and social standing. Violence is often hidden under the surface until it bursts into tragedy.
