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The problem is not that Grandfather and Brij do not have any affection for their granddaughter and sister. The problem is that they are brought up in a shame based society.
Eastern cultures are shame based. Shame is a painful experience. To avoid shame you have to hide the source of shame. This means you must protect the image. When you are shamed you become violence. Violence is one way we humans deal with shame. If your ethos is shame based, all you care is to preserve your image. The opposite of shame is honor. You can do wrong but as long as no one sees it, your image is not tarnished and you can still be seen as an honorable person. In a shame based culture, wrong and right have no meaning. It is all about shame and honor. If the stain of shame is removed, even if it means the murder of your own daughter, honor is restored.
For Geet's grandfather and brother, right and wrong have no meaning for them. They damn don't care about what they are doing is wrong. Only matters to them is their fake honour which should be restored throught the blood of their daughter.
The Western culture, is guilt based. Westerners do not do wrong because of guilt. The opposite of guilt is innocence. If your ethos is guilt based, you have an inner police that stops you from doing wrong because doing wrong makes you feel guilty.
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