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Two teenagers identified as Vishal and Sonu are reported by Indian police to have been tortured then hanged on Tuesday; nine people, including their immediate families, are in custody. Their crime, it appears, is a love affair or at least a crush that crossed the tenacious lines of caste. Vishal was a high-caste Brahmin, Sonu from a lower caste. When their relationship was discovered, their parents dragged them back to the village, attacked them with sharp weapons, stood by as they were hanged one after the other from a roof while hundreds watched, then threw their bodies into flames.

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The central idea of this news article can be broken down into the enduring issue of Inequality, brought forth by discrimination, or in this case, practices in culture. Their love for each other was a pure thing but in the eyes of others, believers of Caste faith, it was a cardinal sin that a person with high dharma would even think of being romantically invested in a person with low dharma.

From an outside viewing standpoint it is a clear example of discrimination based on spiritual virtues that can be completely out of the person's control or influence, as in some cases rising to a new caste can be very difficult. The "untouchables" have been discriminated against for many years but have slowly gained political power in some parts of India.

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"When no villagers reported the slayings, the local police-station
chief was obliged to register the crime himself."

"Caste systems govern the lives of 240 million people in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Japan and parts of Western Africa. The stratifications date back more than 2,000 years."

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The villagers that killed the two teenagers believed that it was a dire crime that should be dealt with in great importance, after their previous warning to the teenagers to end their relationship, to no avail of course. They also believed the "untouchables" deserved no rights, displayed clearly by the way they handled a menial situation like this with such a severe punishment, which they kept QUIET about when authorities inquired of the incident.