Tag: Rape

The Feminist

12% cases involved rapes by fathers and stepfathers, while rapes by strangers in public places were 3% – Flavia Agnes

In the 241 FIRs filed in Mumbai between March 2014 and ’15, 12% cases involved rapes by fathers and stepfathers, while rapes by strangers in public places were 3%. Yet our discussion on girl safety revolves around street lighting and CCTV cameras. Last week, Mumbai Police arrested a 45-year-old man for raping his daughter for six years since she was seven. The father, a fruit … Continue reading 12% cases involved rapes by fathers and stepfathers, while rapes by strangers in public places were 3% – Flavia Agnes

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बलात्कार सिर्फ औरत का ही क्यों होता है?

बलात्कार के लिए ज़रूरी है कि एक तो बलात्कारी जिस्मानी तौर पर उससे ज़्यादा ताकतवर हो जिसका वो बलात्कार कर रहा है. वो मन में किसी वजह से या बिलावजह नफ़रत पालना जानता हो और मौका मिलने पर बदला लेने या कमज़ोर पर अपनी ताकत दिखाने की क्षमता रखता हो. ये तीन-चार मोटी-मोटी बातें हर जीव-जंतु, पशु-पक्षी में अलग-अलग तो पाईं जाती हैं, लेकिन मनुष्य … Continue reading बलात्कार सिर्फ औरत का ही क्यों होता है?

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The Feminist

कानून ही नहीं, समाज भी जिम्मेदार – मैत्रेयी पुष्पा

बदायूं में दो कम उम्र बहनों के साथ हुए बलात्कार और फिर हत्या की घटनाओं के बाद भारत के लगभग सभी हिस्सों से बच्चियों और औरतों के यौन उत्पीड़न की खबरें मिल रही हैं। यहां तक कि संयुक्त राष्ट्र महासचिव बान की मून और अमेरिका ने भी इन घटनाओं का संज्ञान लिया है और इनकी तीखी निंदा की है। आखिर यह समस्या गहराती क्यों जा … Continue reading कानून ही नहीं, समाज भी जिम्मेदार – मैत्रेयी पुष्पा

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The Dalit, The Feminist

The Bhagana Power Games – Neha Dixit

The gangrape of the four Dalit girls in Bhagana is a brazen cocktail of caste, crime and feudal mindsets. On April 17, the day India was polling at 121 constituencies in the fifth phase of the ongoing General Elections, four girls and 100 families from their community parked themselves in protest in central Delhi. These four girls were gang raped on March 24, this year … Continue reading The Bhagana Power Games – Neha Dixit

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Tejpal’s Family has to stop showing around the CCTV footage – Vrinda Grover

    The CCTV footage has been shown to many carefully identified and selected persons in the media and other influential and powerful persons, by family and a close coterie of friends of Tarun Tejpal. This is in violation of the law and the order of the court. Yes the family has a right to defend Tarun Tejpal, but not by committing unlawful and illegal acts.  … Continue reading Tejpal’s Family has to stop showing around the CCTV footage – Vrinda Grover

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The Pascal Mazurier Assault Case – Speaking for Suja

Whenever the topic of survivors and victims of sexual assault comes about, people advocate the need for a revolution on the lines of the spring kind in Egypt. They cite the need for legislative reforms, to revamp the rules of evidence and to give the state agencies, a kick in the backside to do their jobs with dedication and impartiality. One would assume they are all fair points. But … Continue reading The Pascal Mazurier Assault Case – Speaking for Suja

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Sexual Violence and the Death Penalty – Arvind Narrain

(First Published in EPW) The judgment in the 16 December Delhi rape case imposed the death penalty based upon the depravity of the offence and the demands of the “collective conscience of society”. On the other hand, in the Naroda Patiya judgment in the case of the rapes and murders of Muslims in this part of Gujarat, the court held that it cannot go down … Continue reading Sexual Violence and the Death Penalty – Arvind Narrain

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In Tragic and Tough Times – Thoughts in the Wake of A Rape Charge and a Suicide: Sucheta De and Shivani Nag

Guest Post by SUCHETA DE and SHIVANI NAG (First Published in Kafila) In Tragic and Tough Times, Let Us be True to Our Democratic and Gender-Just Principles. We are confronted by a painful episode involving a rape charge and a suicide, that poses many tough and tangled questions to us – as the JNU community and also as individuals and activists committed to secularism, democracy … Continue reading In Tragic and Tough Times – Thoughts in the Wake of A Rape Charge and a Suicide: Sucheta De and Shivani Nag

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