Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "இசாத் (கௌரவம்)" in Tamil language version.
… Izzat remains to this day a critical part of life throughout Pakistan and northern India. Maintaining izzat is a driving motivation for vast numbers of people, from all communities and classes and in every walk of life …
… The concept of Izzat, shared equally by Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs …
… In India the word izzat, honour or prestige, is commonly used by all classes of people …
… For Punjabi men and women alike, izzat means high status, prestige, honour, and power …
… Izzat enjoined aid to those who had helped one. It also enjoined that revenge be exacted for personal insults and damage to person or property. If a man was threatened he must at least threaten back, for not to do so would be weakness … Izzat was in fact the principle of reciprocity of gifts, plus the rule of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. Giving was an attempt to bring a man of another family into one's debt, and acceptance of the gift involved the …Owen M. Lynch, Divine passions: the social construction of emotion in India, University of California Press, 1990, ISBN 978-0-520-06647-2,
… Izzat enjoined aid to those who had helped one. It also enjoined that revenge be exacted for personal insults and damage to person or property. If a man was threatened he must at least threaten back, for not to do so would be weakness … Izzat was in fact the principle of reciprocity of gifts, plus the rule of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. Giving was an attempt to bring a man of another family into one's debt, and acceptance of the gift involved the …
… and justified in the name of "so-called honour", though the reprisals to achieve revenge usually … If Izzat is violated then it is justified to kill and die for it". As such Izzat is a male value derived and viewed …
… One pirzada who had tried to stop the fighting, and others who were not involved, talked of a long-term izzat-ki-dushmani (enmity of honour) …
… all of his close kinsmen will unite in opposition to the "enemy" (dushman) …
… Thus, a dushmani evolved between families A and B. One night some unidentified persons killed A3 and A6 on the road to their home. Neighbors had observed B4 on the road some time before the killings took place, which led the A family to …
… The set of values which the ideology of izzat sanctioned perpetuated murders and counter-murders; and the relationships of power at … sole owners of that aspect of the philosophy of izzat enjoining murder in revenge for murder …
… The manner of their opposition and what is taken – life, resources, or position – is governed by izzat (honour), which is the principle of reciprocity or equivalence in all things. In terms of his enemies, a man frequently found his friends. Enmities could rarely remain localised because of the heterogeneous friendship ties …
… binding obligations of unrestricted reciprocity which apply to 'true kin' …
… Among the princes … intervention constituted an attack on their izzat …
… we turn to questions of izzat, or the politics of honour and empowerment …
… Artillery has truly lived up to its motto: Sarvatra Izzat-o-Iqbal …
… Mamata Banerjee on Friday (July 3), announced a scheme called 'Izzat', by which poor people will be given a monthly pass for Rs 25 to make travel easier. …
… Mamata Banerjee on Friday (July 3), announced a scheme called 'Izzat', by which poor people will be given a monthly pass for Rs 25 to make travel easier. …
