Child Rape and fury: Volunteers needed
India Ink reported a follow up story of the child rape that shook Delhi in the wake of the gang rape of a medical student in a bus. The article, […]
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Sexual misconduct
A setback to women’s rights in India: Justice Verma is no more
Yesterday, when news that Justice Verma died of multiple organ failure hit, that was my first thought. An important force in reforming India to be safer for women is lost.
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When the place of work is a police station
When the public heard that the victim of the Delhi gangrape had wanted the accused to be burned alive, they understood. Many of the furious mob agreed and wanted her
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Andhra Pradesh Congress chief Botsa Satyanarayana
Andhra Pradesh Congress chief Botsa Satyanarayana clearly was of the opinion that the Delhi Gangrape protests hadn’t whipped his party enough, because this is what he said in a press
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Marriage & Right To Rape: What Are Our Prospects?
Guest post by @PowercutIn PART A: Against Women Who Accept Slavery (Written Few Days Back in Frustration) NOTE: This may hurt many. I don’t intend to say all women are same
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Mob justice against Violence Against Women
Yeah, I know this is a departure from my normal ways, but I think it is justified. We obey laws in return for protection. If protection is missing, then blindly
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Trinamool MP Kakoli Ghose Dastidar
The Park Street rape incident was in the news again. Not for getting justice, but because an MP somehow thought that it was a matter of misunderstanding between a prostitute
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Satyamev Jayate Episode 2: Child Sexual Abuse
I am glad they took up the subject of Child Sexual Abuse today on Satyamev Jayate. However, today’s episode left me vaguely dissatisfied. The uncompromising truth seeking of the previous
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Age, Sex, Consent
Replugging this old article with my views on the lack of recognition of distinctions between sex and crime in actions of governments and judiciary in the wake of yet another