News Delhi gang-rape victim dies in hospital in Singapore

[Evo]

This rape and murder happened right after.

But even as thousands mourned the rape victim's death and in a sign of how pervasive such crimes are, police in West Bengal state were investigating another suspected gang-rape and death.

In the latest case, the family of a woman said she and her husband were attacked by six men as they returned home after working at a brick factory.

They dragged the woman into a nearby farm after pouring acid into her husband's mouth, the family said.

The woman was found dead with multiple injuries, said police officer Bhaskar Mukherjee, adding he was waiting for an autopsy report.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57561260/india-gang-rape-victims-body-cremated/

 

[surajt88]

*Another* one, this time in Punjab. [as shown in an international media to be of interest to its readers] This time she was married, so the perpetrators don't even have their hollow rationalisation of "moral policing". [as shown in an international media to be of interest to its readers] At least, the victim wasn't maimed vengefully this time : [as shown in an international media to be of interest to its readers] http://www.washingtonpost.com/world...bb80b2-5d91-11e2-8acb-ab5cb77e95c8_story.html

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[Curious3141]

**stuff within [ & ] mine..
see d difference.?

You're saying that it wouldn't have made the news without the "priming" from the first incident. I could just as easily argue that the fallout from the first incident should've shamed the populace (at least the authorities, if not would-be rapists themselves) into behaving better, if only to salvage India's reputation, which hangs in tatters right now.

"International interest" cuts both ways, you know.

 

[rootX]

African countries are in far worse situation than India. Yet, we see more of Indian rape incidents merely because of media hype. Few months from now, India reputation will be as good as it was before IMO.

Way before this incident, I had pessimistic perspective on these issues (I had started a thread on child marriages etc. on that region a while ago keeping track of all women issues in that region). My views are still the same. There's nothing much that can be done and in few months everyone will forget this and business will be as usual.

 

[surajt88]

You're saying that it wouldn't have made the news without the "priming" from the first incident. I could just as easily argue that the fallout from the first incident should've shamed the populace (at least the authorities, if not would-be rapists themselves) into behaving better, if only to salvage India's reputation, which hangs in tatters right now.

"International interest" cuts both ways, you know.

I never argued that people shouldn't try to better themselves. I agree with you in the sense that Indian policy makers should consider the international coverage this issue had generated and the negative image for India that resulted from this, and these policy makers should strive to make good policies to deter would-be rapists. But in a country of 1.2 Billion people, the first incident and subsequent incident(s) cannot be taken as representing the whole nation just because it made international news, unless a reliable 'rape per 1000 citizens per year' or something similar can be presented to show a problem in the culture. Your comments which essentially says "all Indians" should feel ashamed and "all" of them should "change just because this rape incident made international news" doesn't make sense in this regard because not every Indian guy rapes a girl who is found alone & helpless.

Whichever way it cuts, International reaction = What international media decides its viewers will like. You seem to have taken an interest in this issue, and your interest in this issue was decided by "international media".