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Hindu ‘nationalists’ defend accused rapists and shame India

The India we thought had changed has not changed at all.

Dear India: Where are our candlelight marches, our outrage and our mass protests? Why have we been so muted in our response to the reported gang rapes of two girls, an 8-year-old child and a teenager? And no, our lazy tweets and our commiserating hashtags do not count.

This week, two cases of rape and murder — one of a shepherd girl in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir, the other in Unnao, in India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh — have been moments of acute national shame. They have proved how the powerful conspire to enable and protect sexual abusers. Worse, they have exposed the ugliest underbelly of India. Political and societal responses to these charges of rape have revealed entrenched misogyny, religious hatred and a shameful class bias. They have held up a mirror to the worst in us. The silence of the top women ministers in the Modi cabinet on both the Kathua and the Unnao cases has been disturbing, and only undermines their track record as trailblazers. Women hold key portfolios of defense, foreign affairs, and information and broadcasting, among others. But what good are these path-breaking positions of authority if the women don’t speak for female victims of violence and abuse? Not that men shouldn’t lead by example. In 2012, the Nirbhaya gang rape in Delhi raised similar questions about whether it made any difference that a female politician governed Delhi and that the then-ruling party — the Congress — was helmed by a woman.Finally, we must reflect on our own responses. Sure, Indians are angry. We are tweeting furiously and writing posts on Facebook. But our class bias, especially in the media, has been unveiled. The Delhi rape of 2012 was close to the bone; it could have been any one of us or those who watched and read us. So the coverage that case got was instantaneous and intense. It has taken months for these cases to get to prime time. And even so, how many of us will move beyond our keyboards and spill over onto the streets — as we did for Nirbhaya?Kathua and Unnao are now known not just nationally but internationally. And yet, some will complain about this column appearing in a “foreign” newspaper. How “anti-national,” I will be told on social media by people missing the irony. These Hindu “nationalists” who spoke for accused rapists have shamed India, our constitution and, of course, Hinduism.

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This photograph of lawyer Deepika S Rajawat is an incantation.

Read more about her and what she is fighting for. 

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Thwarting Terror : Security Forces Following Encounter With Terrorists Strengthen Cordon In Remote Forest Area Of J&K’s Kathua District

Security forces have  strengthened the cordon in a remote forest area following an encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district , officials said.

As per media reports coing in , The gunfight took place at Kahog village of Billawar this evening when security forces launched a search operation following information about the presence of two to three terrorists, they said. Read More....

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Kathua Cloudburst: Four Dead, Six Injured as Flash Floods Hit Jammu and Kashmir...

Kathua Cloudburst: Four Dead, Six Injured as Flash Floods Hit Jammu and Kashmir

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Terrorist Encounter Kathua Claims Lives of Three Policemen and Three Militants

KATHUA (J&K): A fierce gunbattle erupted in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Thursday, claiming the lives of three policemen and three terrorists in a day-long clash near Jakhole village. The terrorist encounter in Kathua unfolded around 8 am in the remote Ghati Juthana area, where security forces, including the Special Operations Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir Police, the Army, and the…

Terrorist Encounter Kathua Claims Lives of Three Policemen and Three Militants

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Kathua Encounter: 2 Terrorists Dead, 5 Cops Hurt

Aakhir Tak – In Shorts Gunfight between security forces and terrorists in Kathua, Jammu & Kashmir. Two terrorists were killed and five policemen were injured in the encounter. Security forces cordoned off the area and launched a search operation. The operation was launched following intelligence about the presence of terrorists. Injured policemen were hospitalized, condition stable. Aakhir…

Kathua Encounter: 2 Terrorists Dead, 5 Cops Hurt

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कठुआ के बिलावर में मिले लापता तीन लोगों के शव, तलाश में जुटे थे सेना और पुलिस के जवान; जानें पूरा मामला

Jammu Kashmir News: जम्मू-कश्मीर के कठुआ जिले के बिलावर में लापता तीन लोगों के शव मिलने से हड़कंप मच गया है. तीन लोगों में एक किशोर भी शामिल है. मरहून निवासी दर्शन सिंह (40) और योगेश सिंह (32) तथा देहोता निवासी वरुण सिंह (15) पांच मार्च को बिलावर तहसील के लोहाई मल्हार में एक विवाह समारोह से लौटते समय लापता हो गए थे. अब तीनों के शव मिलने से पूरे इलाके में दहशत फैल गई है. तीनों के लापता होने के…

कठुआ के बिलावर में मिले लापता तीन लोगों के शव, तलाश में जुटे थे सेना और पुलिस के जवान; जानें पूरा मामला