dharna \DAHR-nuh\, noun:
In India, the practice of exacting justice or compliance with a just demand by sitting and fasting at the doorstep of an offender until death or until the demand is granted.
That seems pretty hardcore, considering they will wait until they die or get justice. About as hardcore as kamikazes pretty much. There's a website for a Law group who defends those who do dharna, and there's actually a dharna being held right now in India over the railroad.
A people who hold to traditions like that have a strong spirit, and I admire them for it. To be willing to risk even death to get justice is courageous, though I have to wonder if they have a policy for mercy? I'm gonna have to do a little more research into this...
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