Intolerance also took a desperate turn in northern India, where a young couple was hanged this past August by villagers opposed to their inter-caste relationship. (WORTH NOTING).* Intolerance intolerance /in·tol·er·ance/ (in-tol´er-ans) inability to withstand or consume; inability to absorb or metabolize nutrients. congenital lysine intolerance also took a desperate turn in northern India, where a young couple was hanged this past August by villagers opposed to their inter-caste relationship. Hundreds of people watched as nineteen-year-old Vishal, an upper-caste Brahmin, and eighteen-year-old Sonu, of the Jat community (lower in the Hindu hierarchy), were taken to the roof of a house in Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (  `tär prä`dĭsh), state (2001 provisional pop. 166,052,859), 92,804 sq mi (240,363 sq km), N central India. The capital is Lucknow. state and executed. Karen Ann Gajewski is an editor at the Humanist hu·man·ist n. 1. A believer in the principles of humanism. 2. One who is concerned with the interests and welfare of humans. 3. a. A classical scholar. b. A student of the liberal arts. . |
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