“In India women are gang-raped, gang-lynched and the female political leaders have nothing to say…” Rita Banerji from Calcutta commented recently my article emancipation-far-away. It’s horrible, but the latest gang rape in Delhi (with the sad death of the victim) is a chance, that the international media makes a reality check: women in India are treated like worms …
title=”Delhi Gang-rape protest pictures (8)” – photo by VividTimes, click on the picture to enter their galleries on Flickr
related (for example):
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/hopes-for-change-in-india-following-rape-protests-fotostrecke-91824-12.html
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http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/gang-rape-case-in-india-puts-spotlight-on-misogyny-and-sexism-a-876863.html
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/27/mohandas-gandhi-women-india
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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/09/opinion/justice-for-indias-rape-victims.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130109&_r=0
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http://world.time.com/2013/01/04/should-the-indian-gang-rape-victim-remain-anonymous/
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Related articles
- Jyoti Singh Pandey: Delhi bus gang rape victim’s name. (indianhomemaker.wordpress.com)
- Family ‘consents to Delhi gang rape victim being identified’ (independent.co.uk)
- Two of Delhi gang-rape suspects to plead not guilty (telegraph.co.uk)
- Delhi gang-rape victim named by father (bigpondnews.com)
- The Brave Heart who lived a fortnight. #DelhiGangRape (ashrules24.wordpress.com)
- Delhi gang-rape victim’s ashes immersed in Ganga (thehindu.com)
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Incredibly wrong. I can’t bring myself to ‘like’, but thanks for posting. G
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I hate those men
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And this could be part of the reason!!!
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/15787873/outrage-as-indian-guru-blames-delhi-rape-victim/
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this guru is an absurd idiot: “This tragedy would not have happened if she had chanted God’s name and fallen at the feet of the attackers. The error was not committed by just one side,”
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can’t understand, that such a religious leader has followers; not patience down on knees helps to change such a cruel and ignoring society, only rage, riots and rising up could …!
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Totally agree with you, this guru is indeed an idiot.
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Disgusting character isn’t he? Wishing someone would would poke a rusty iron rod through him.
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you made me smile, Madhu,
yes a medieval punishment
for medieval gurus …
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so horror…….
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Same here, can’t like the post, but glad you are adding your voice to the issue.
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I would hate to live in a society like that. Many cultures still oppress women, I think it is high time that they change their laws and be fair to women.
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Incredible that this exists!
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And those men call themselves human beings.
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This opens our eyes, thanks,
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It reminds me of the minister of Tourism of Goa, in India, a woman, who said that the reason European women received harrassment by local men was they dressed too provocatively..on the BEACH. As TOURISTS. I too despise the repugnant male persons who carried out the rape and murder, but Itoo agree…where are the women politicians’outrage? They are not too ‘scared’ to say anything, believe me, not at all.
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Because the female politicians want power, and they actually support and protect rapists. See this case http://genderbytes.wordpress.com/2012/12/29/lets-re-instate-police-officer-damayanti-sen-justice-for-indias-women/
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Just read it – thank you very much for sending to me. Very sad.
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Danke für den Artikel – dafür steht das Like – ansonsten bin ich regelrecht und immer noch sprachlos.
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dear Magdalena, thank you for:
Her name is Jyoti Singh Pandey
found in your blog http://yarnwuseleien.wordpress.com/
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P.S.:
it is like a second killing for me, if it is forbidden to write a victim’s name. One of my favorite gospels in my repertoire has the title “There’s a man going around, taking names” (in my repertoire, because I was adopted by a cruel man) – but the law in India is absurd, so let’s shout loudly:
Her name was, was Jyoti Singh Pandey
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We often read reports of how women are treated in India and about all abortions if the child is to be a girl. About the burnings and murders. But this one – this was a chock to our whole society. I’m glad you write about it and bring it out further. Her death must lead to changes for the better.
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Extremely animalistic behavior … just horrible.
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There are many comments about the Indian guru. But the thing is, every time something like this happens, a woman is gang molested or raped, even female politicians and women in the National Commission for Women in India, make that kind of remark. They say, it’s the clothes that women wear, or that the woman is a “slut.” But what I discovered during a gender survey for my campaign, The 50 Million Missing (www.50millionmissing.info), is that women who were 25 years and younger didn’t speak and think that way. They understood the concept of individual right to safety and basic human rights — without excuses, the way that even older feminists in India are not willing to accept. I called this the “internet” generation of feminists because they got a bigger view of life and human rights outside the cultural context. I just wondered when we’d see the explosion of this generation. And this is it! There is no turning back, because the internet is getting bigger, and there are more generations coming 🙂 Yipeeeee!!!!
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Inevitable wasn’t it? Sadly that young girl was the trigger.
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the students of the university in New Delhi have internet access – and that’s the chance to change the cultural horizon in India, Rita!
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they told in the news, that in India usually only 2 % have internet access – and I remember your technical problems, working as an author in Calcutta!
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and another topic, just retweeted together with you, Rita:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20938125
The girls stolen from the streets of India
By Natalia Antelava
BBC World Service, Delhi
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Reblogged this on Simon Sundaraj-Keun.
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IT IS A SHAME WHILE THE PROTEST IS STILL ONGOING, MORE RAPE CASES WERE REPORTED AGAIN IN INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT THERE IS NOT DOING THEIR WORKS! THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE REPLACED IMMEDIATELY AND STOP THIS MADNESS ONCE AND FOR ALL – IF THEY CANNOT DO THE JOB, SOMEONE ELSE CAN.
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This is unbelievable! But how people passing by, or even the reporters, can film or photograph this situations instead of calling the police or help the victim?!
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the have respect for the police, doing a silly job, they have no respect for women, demonstrating for human rights: they bow down their knees to often adoring the powerful idiots.
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Such a horrific case and I pray they are prosecuted to the fullest…
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