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Citizens must learn lessons from RG Kar rape, murder

The rape and murder of a young and energetic doctor from RG Kar medical college has been an inflection point for the country after Nirbaya sexual violence which rocked India. Now after the Dr Abhaya murder the media describes the Kolkata gruesome murder a Nirbaya 2.0 or Justice for Abhaya. When we call a rape victim by names we are foisting a forced idea of fearlessness on  women who are no longer alive to speak about he ordeal. Women are brave but no one is fearless about sexual violence. No one should be bleeding from the eyes and private parts. This idea of thrusting fearlessness on a murdered women needs investigating without bias. The West Bengal government did many things wrong to what unfolded at the RG Kar Medical College, the most 'egregious' is unexplained protection of Sandip Ghosh. Not only did the violence unfold on his watch, doctors say Ghosh blamed the victim which is absolutely unbelievable. The Chief Justice rightly called this incident against Dr Abhaya a moment of 'catharsis ' which it is. But citizens of the country needs to learn some lessons from it.



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Toxic cult of personality undermines democracy

MISHA N, Varca
Published Sep 29, 2024, 8:24 PM IST
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Propagating the cult of personality seems to have become de rigueur among political parties in India. The imposition of a false halo by acolytes of a political party upon it's leader is not only unhealthy for democracy but it also leads to despotism and destruction. Consider the prime example of Modi who has been put so high on a pedestal by his enamoured bhakts that they begin to  live in denial about instances where their leader flagrantly sacrifices the issues,…

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