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Just another rape in India. Are we becoming numb?

Apr 30, 2013 14:56 UTC

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A grim parlour game sometimes comes to mind when I read the latest story about someone raping a woman or a child in India. Is this the one that's going to change everything? Is this the one that's going to keep me up for days contributing to the news media's coverage? Or is this just another rape?

There is no such thing as "just another rape" for a victim. Beyond the sexual violation, there is the torture. The physiotherapy student who was raped on a bus in New Delhi last December died as the result of injuries sustained by being penetrated with an iron rod. Everybody knows this, and everybody got angry, but anger runs out.

Between then and now, there have been many reports in the press about rape incidents. Which one was going to be the big one? It was that of a five-year-old girl in east Delhi. A neighbour kidnapped her, raped her and tried to kill her. Then the police tried to bribe the parents 2,000 rupees (about $37) to not talk about the case.

from India Insight:

Delhi rape case reignites police reform debate

Aditya Kalra

Apr 23, 2013 10:55 UTC

DELHI RAPE CASE | India | POLICE REFORMS | rape | WOMEN'S SAFETY

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I live in India’s rape capital where rape cases are as common as power cuts used to be a few years ago. Even reports of police misbehaviour have become routine.