Flawed responses to rape underpin Kolkata case

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Already, theyre calling the 32-year-old postgraduate doctor the second Nirbhaya in a sort of lazy shorthand that reminds us that, 12 years later, we are hearing the same story...

Since Kolkatas RG Kar Medical College and Hospital does not have such a designated space for doctors, she did what the others do, find a quiet place for a nap in this case, a seminar hall...

Mumbai, India - Aug. 16, 2024: Ghatkopar Rajawadi Hospital Doctors a Candle March to about the recent horrific incident at R G Kar Medical college in Kolkata, where a follow doctor was brutally assaulted and killed, in Mumbai, India, on Friday, August 16, 2024..

Perhaps, the fault lies in how we respond, channelling our anger against some rapes but ignoring the child in the slum, the Dalit girls in Hathras and Unnao..

Our blood lust satisfied, we will go back to the business of pretending not to notice the everyday misogyny and the fact that women are not safe anywhere, not at home and certainly not at work..