The killing of the 6 Dalit men is a sign of how violence became normalized in far-western Nepal.
A girl eloping with another caste would have faced opprobrium and censorship in the old days. How did we get to mass murder?
Ask the Maoists and their cult of death.

The more the Maos killed, the more they were rewarded--international UN outfits like UNMIN and Ian Martin romanticized the "revolutionaries," putting these men as rulers over Nepal.
One cannot change social dynamics with murder--social justice requires normative changes.

#Rukum has faced mass #violence from Maoists.
If the killing of 6 Dalit men seem #medieval, consider the medieval cult of violence Maoists have normalized there.
A journalist who I worked with was cut with razor blades all over her body for writing news they didn't like.