The Despicable Rapeublic

The Delhi bus gang-rape has re-instilled the horror in our minds of staying in a country, where major security problems are taken with a pinch of salt by the govt. NGOs and feminist organizations have been crying out for years to increase the security for women, to include sex education in the curriculum—to the ears of our indifferent government—filled with extremely misogynistic ministers who are in a way or the other, instrumental in violence against women. It has come to a situation now—that you sweat profusely when a woman from your family goes out of the house.

There is a need for a complete change in the attitude towards women. Women's commodification and the gender-bias approach in films, schools, and offices needs radical reform. And while that process is taking place, we need on-ground changes, such as better policing, change in the education system, and more.

Btw, sorry Mr. Katju – I know this gang-rape is not the only problem in India. But it reflects the upbringing of the people in our country, hence a graver problem. And the protest—unfortunately in this country, is important to get yourself heard. It’s not ‘hue and cry’ in vain.

What according to you is the solution? Death punishment for the accused? Stricter Laws? Social Change?