A week ago, a woman while riding a public bus with her friend in New Delhi, was brutally gang-raped, beaten up and thrown out of the running bus. As she battles for her life in a New Delhi hospital, waves of protests and demonstrations all over the country have been held. In New Delhi today, police used tear gas to break up a massive protest march outside Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Anti-Rape demonstrators gassed in New Delhi
Finally, an issue that has been rampant but more often than not, ignored, might actually be addressed, not just by the so-called authorities, but more importantly by society at large. All too often, as is common in many other countries, the victims of rape have been blamed for their predicament. Arundhati Roy puts the horror of rape in India in its historical and contextual perspective.
Arundhati Roy on rape in India
Anti-Rape demonstrators gassed in New Delhi
Finally, an issue that has been rampant but more often than not, ignored, might actually be addressed, not just by the so-called authorities, but more importantly by society at large. All too often, as is common in many other countries, the victims of rape have been blamed for their predicament. Arundhati Roy puts the horror of rape in India in its historical and contextual perspective.
Arundhati Roy on rape in India
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