“Never give up on true love,” reads the tagline for Raanjhanaa, a 2013 Bollywood hit starring the Tamil film star Dhanush.
“It’s seen as a good thing, to make these women behave, teach them a lesson, show them proper Tamil values.”
Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, is still reeling from the murder in June of a 24-year-old IT engineer known as Swathi.
Such crimes are reported every day in India, including two this week in Delhi alone, and eight in Tamil Nadu in recent months.
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