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Ḥashshāshīn;3745988 said:Why did the police let them run away? Jail the bastards...
It seemed the priority of the police- rightly was the safety of the woman and her friend and you can see as soon as the police were on the scene the sewer rats scuttled like the scum they are. The police then stayed close to the woman to ensure her safety for a while. There's very little the police could do in this incident unfortantly to catch the a-holes.
There is no doubt there is a culture clash going on here in India right now between modernity and medieval. It is no coincidence Delhi- the MOST populous city in India is the rape capital of India especially as the prosperity of the NCR craws in migrants from all over India. If the "rape capital" were anywhere else in INdia this would be more worrying tbh. I really don't know what the answer is, all the rhetoric being thrown about on all sides be it the govt with fast track courts and help lines or the public with capital punishment and the like are all just treating the symptom and not the cause. The Cause is ignorance and backwardness in certain elements of the Indian society and this is an incredibly hard thing to counter, it takes decades and generations.
Right now I am so saddened by this entire incident and the wider implications in India, normally I try and rationlise and use logic to remove most of emotion from such news ie using data and statistics and context to paint a fair and balanced picture in my mind but I am incredibly down about this news. I guess because it is close to home, this was just a girl going about her life, with dreams and ambitions, her family had worked hard to get her to where she was and had high hopes for their daughter and then come a long a bunch of sick boys and snatch it all away in the most horrific way imaginable. It is beyond tragic.It would be no exaggeration to say I am close to tears just thinking about what has happened.
There are simply no words.
The only postiitve I can take away is the scale of the outrage shows that much of India is still good and that these incidents are not so common and routine as to become accepted as a part of how it India is as is the case in other nations. The level of outrage shows the world and the nation that India aspires for better. Complacency is surely one of the worst human traits.
@Koovie as someone of North Indian heritage (not necessarily UP/Bihar)I did not appreciate the North-South aspect you brought to the conversation. I didn't expect this from you bro. Surely this incident should infuse a Indian identity more than ever or the very least a HUMAN identity.
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