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| suva chintak |
Posted
on 16-Oct-03 07:44 AM
How come there is so much violence against women in New Delhi?
A story from BBC:
Diplomat's rape shocks Delhi
The rape of a Swiss diplomat has shocked people in the Indian capital Delhi.
The victim was attacked after she attended a film screening at an ongoing international film festival on Tuesday.
On the same night, another woman - a filmmaker - was also attacked.
The attacks are the latest in a series of highly-publicised assaults on women in the Indian capital.
The latest assault has embarrassed the authorities who have suspended five policemen on duty at the film festival for dereliction of duty.
But delegates attending the festival and the Indian media have criticised the administration for acting too late.
"I am disgusted, it's a shame," Indian dancer, Uma Sharma, told journalists.
A pair of hands reached for my neck through the window of the driver's side
Filmmaker
Fear stalks Delhi women
"In a prestigious festival like this, extra precautions should be taken. I don't understand why they start taking care after the incident has happened.
Margaret Skiva, a Polish filmmaker based in Delhi for the past few years, said the city was unsafe for women.
"I am fortunate that I can move around with my husband, otherwise I wouldn't stay here," she told the Indian Express newspaper.
The newspaper said that the attack, coming soon after the alleged rape by members of the presidential bodyguards, has cast its shadow on the entire administration.
"The police, for their part, didn't know where to hide. The scene of the crime is a two-minute drive from the office of the deputy commissioner of police, south district," it said.
Manhunt
Police have announced a 50,000 rupees ($1,100) reward for any information leading to the arrests of the two men alleged to have raped the victim.
We are hopeful that the culprits will be brought to justice very quickly
Lorenzo Amberg
Swiss Embassy
Descriptions of the men have been released to the media and sent to all police stations.
The attack on the diplomat took place after she left an auditorium in central Delhi where she had attended the screening.
Police say the two men pushed her into her car and then one of them raped her.
Reports say she was later left near a hospital. The car was found abandoned.
The deputy head of the Swiss Embassy in Delhi told the BBC that the victim had already left the country, although she planned to eventually return to resume work.
"We are hopeful that the culprits will be brought to justice very quickly," Lorenzo Amberg of the Swiss Embassy said.
Second attack
The filmmaker who was attacked said she had got into her car after having watched the last screening at the auditorium.
"A pair of hands reached for my neck through the window of the driver's side," she said.
She raised the alarm and managed to escape but only after her attackers had slammed her head against a pavement.
The woman was treated for injuries in hospital.
The attacks come just days after a university student was allegedly raped by bodyguards of the Indian president.
Four soldiers have been arrested in connection with that attack.
Last month, a nurse working in a Delhi hospital, was raped, beaten and her eyes gouged out in a ward.
Delhi is said to have one of the highest rates of crime against women in India and there have been calls for the death penalty to be handed out to rapists
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| isolated freak |
Posted
on 16-Oct-03 10:40 AM
hmm now compare this to Beijing. Democracy means being a ble to live your life, feelking safe.. not get raped and killed. So, isn't China more democratic than India?
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| suva chintak |
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on 16-Oct-03 11:56 AM
IF bhai,
Yes, that is so true! Even in the largest cities in China, anybody, including pretty young ladies, can walk safely at any time during the day or night. There is absolutely no fear on the street, either for the locals or the tourists. This really impressed me. Keeping public spaces safe for average citizens is, in my opinion, one of the fundamental characteristics of a civil society.
What good is tall claims of being the 'largest democracy' in the world when you literally get f_ _ _ _ d every time you get on the street? It is time democracy became more than an elitist rhetoric to enable average citizens to live their lives in freedom in their homes and public spaces.
SC
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| Prajesh |
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on 16-Oct-03 12:23 PM
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IF ji,
We were having cake for my birthday at my office; one of my partners (whom I find slightly towards the right on the "racistometer") asked me how Nepalese celebrate their Birthday. I told him that some urban elite celebrate their birthday visiting temple and some with cake, beer and party with friends. His next question was "do they have Cakes and Beers in Nepal"?
I apologize for my ignorance about my southern neighbor, but I wonder does this type of news come out in the media in Democratic China, considering the relatively good news of manned spacecraft came out from the space itself?
Hope to hear more from you about the Chinese society, lifestyle and system.
Thanks in advance!
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| Prajesh |
Posted
on 16-Oct-03 12:48 PM
What of our national honour now?
Editor, HindustanTimes.com
New Delhi, October 15
After the 382nd rape this year, and this time of a Swiss diplomat, India stands stripped, naked and totally violated.
Shame on the two men who did this, shame on all men who do this, and shame on us countrymen who breed and tolerate such men and let them live among us and rape without fear of the law overtaking them.
This is the saddest day for India. And for God's sake, she was a guest of the nation. Her protection and safety was a national duty. After this, what is left of our national honour? Indeed, each one of us who has ever felt proudly of India and her great culture, must ask ourselves this question and rue: what of our national honour now?
It is a sad, sad day of our national life!
If this country has any character left, our leadership must be at her door at once to beg her for her forgiveness..., be there to let her know, she was not humiliated, a whole nation was.
No doubt, I write to mourn the insult of the nation, to condemn the incident and to apologise for it like it were a crime for which I am personally responsible as an Indian. However, I have also a larger purpose, to draw attention to the countless crimes happening particularly against women in the country, rape being the worst of the kind.
Indeed, there just seems to be no sanctity left anymore. Women are being insulted and humiliated almost every day now. Early this month, the President of India's bodyguards raped a girl. A month back, a doctor raped a patient. Weeks before that, a father raped a daughter. A year ago, a drunkard raped a handicapped girl in a Mumbai train in front of passengers who looked on and did little else. And now, this.
There are as many people as there are views on why this is happening and so frequently. Many women groups argue that men rape to dominate and subjugate women, and to 'show women their place' in society. These advocates may be right to some extent.
Few people say rape is a crime that women invite on themselves by dressing provocatively and visiting dens where the loose and amorous go. Few others say, rape is a crime of chance, convenience and opportunity, where the assailants are almost always related to the victims. They, too, have good reasons to back their cases.
However, I feel they are missing a point: These rapists are not your occasional deviants. They are now being mass-produced in a nation, which is given to lawlessness and cultural depravity. They are people who see crimes, small and big, going unpunished everyday. They are people who see policemen being bribed to let crime, small and big, happen daily. They are people who see their political leaders challenge the law openly and get away with it. (The last one being the most flagrant example of lawlessness and depravity.)
Remember these:
The Supreme Court says protect the mosque, the government of the day lets the VHP, the RSS and the Bajrang Dal march on the mosque and bring it down. (No retribution)
While the government okays the cricket match between India and Pakistan at Ferozshah Kotla Ground in Delhi, Shiv Sainiks force their way in and dig up the pitches. (No punishment)
Also remember our very own cultural police, the venerable Shiv Sainiks, who think so highly of Valentine Day as to make their presence felt in every street corner of the great city they think their f***** owns: Mumbai. (And get away with it, with no questions asked.)
Please see my point: Indian rapists are the products of a culturally depraved nation that has just no respect or fear of the law. To stop the next rape before it happens, tighten the law, punish the guilty, and set an example for all to see and fear.
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| Prajesh |
Posted
on 16-Oct-03 02:54 PM
--------I apologize for my ignorance about my southern neighbor-----------
Oops! I meant "northern neighbor"
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| putali7 |
Posted
on 16-Oct-03 05:06 PM
Yo india ma chai katti rape huncha hau hana..tiniharu ko.._______ kati dinu parney..heheeh no offense hai other guys.. but ke garnu it's sickening ke. Madisay dhoti haru!
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| putali7 |
Posted
on 16-Oct-03 05:09 PM
Yo india ma chai katti rape huncha hau hana..tiniharu ko.._______ kati dinu parney..heheeh no offense hai other guys.. but ke garnu it's sickening ke. Madisay dhoti haru!
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