To me this absolutely abominable and barbaric punishment is an affront to all womankind, it absolutely disgusts me that in this day and age such practices exist. Furthermore it is not even a punishment for something they did personally, but rather a perceived crime by their brother, that of falling in love with someone of a lower caste.
Once again we see people (usually male) who because of some archaic custom and backward village mentality have the self appointed power to issue this sort of barbarism as if it was the law of the land. OK this happened in India, but until recent universal protests the authorities gave little or no attention to it.
I raise this point because this is exactly the sort of things that most people object to when immigration raises its head. All to often our own rulers will bend over backwards to accommodate another peoples culture in detriment to our own, Sharia law being just one example. In this country we have cases of forced marriages, (not uncommon) FGM, (again not uncommon) Honour Killings, (also common occurrences) mainly within the Indian community, but also occurring in others.
Just why do these immigrant communities insist upon bringing these unacceptable customs and beliefs with them? And more to the point why do we allow it to happen in the first place. There should be one rule for every immigrant and that is to sign a declaration that they embrace the culture of their host country in all its forms and renounce anything that does not adhere to the laws and customs of their adopted country, the alternative is to find somewhere else that suits your needs and customs better.
I read recently that Austria was to ban the mosques from preaching or teaching in any other language but Austrian, (German) but when you consider the harm that has been caused in the UK alone with imported village mentality Imams preaching their own backward brand of religious hatred in the mosques and radicalising many immigrant ethnic groups, then it is not hard to see the logic behind that particular ban.
But back to the obscene punishment handed out to those two unfortunate women in India. How can any government or culture worth its salt ignore or even condone that sort of thing as being acceptable? For any modern country (including my own) to condone or even allow an unlawful kangaroo court or cultural practices to be above its national laws is beyond belief, but it happens. If the Indian government has any credibility in the world it will arrest the whole of that so called village court and charge them with conspiracy to commit rape at the very least, then throw the book at them, demonstrate to these pathetic ancient old men wrapped up in archaic customs that they are not the law and neither are they above it and that women are not their chattels.
End of Rant.
and who would be carrying out the sentence? do they have a gang of official rapists on standbye, the mind boggles at these sub humans and their barbaric practices. 
