"It was not a one-off incident. It has happened over and over again since, and has just become more gory, more brutal. But you can sense the media fatigue around the reporting of crimes against women. If it happens outside of the cities, it’s just another incident. The candlelit vigils don’t happen for women in small towns and villages."
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On the sexual violence that still persists after the Delhi bus gang rape of 2012 in “Sex tapes and acid attacks: Anupama Chandrasekhar, the playwright shocking India” in The Guardian (2019 Oct 28)
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