What two crimes reveal about violence against Indian women
Despite some improvements, domestic abuse is rampant
On a cold December night ten years ago a 23-year-old physiotherapy student on her way home from the cinema boarded a bus in the suburbs of Delhi. As it rattled around India’s capital, Jyoti Singh was raped and mutilated by six men, including the driver, and dumped by the roadside. She died of her injuries two weeks later. The case provoked global revulsion and sober promises from Indian politicians to make the country safer for women.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “How the other half live”
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