I’m an Indian woman, I’m tired of outraging. Jharkhand tourist gangrape won’t change a thing

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Janpath was where the capitals men and womenmostly womenexpressed their rage, horror, and every other visceral, unnameable feeling at the egregiousness of the crime..

Weve learnt that if youre a Muslim child from a nomadic community in Kashmir, people will launch rallies in support of the men who kidnapped, drugged and gang raped you..

Weve learnt that the men who gang raped you,a pregnant woman, in the middle of a communal pogrom, are released from jail for good behaviour,will then begarlandedand offered sweets in full public view...

I am confident of the trajectory the narrative will follow: A slew of condemnations at the highest level, followed by swift arrests of the culprits (three of the seven accused have been arrested), a hurried trial, the introduction of a new Atithi Devo Bhava hotline, maybe special tourist police squads For a while, Indian tourism might even take a hit...

In the same way that Indian women have identified with every victim or survivor of a sexual crime, Indian men must realise that every perpetrator of sexual violence is one of them, and treat it like a personal failure..

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