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Rape and the Indian Male

Rape and the Indian Male


Nirbhaya, Pondicherry and all the others in between. Minors, teens, working women, tourists, Indians, foreigners- it doesn’t matter who. Or where. Or when.

Post Nirbhaya, there has been a spate of rape cases reported rape in India. A part of me thinks it is because women are now finding the courage to come up and report the violence done unto them. A part of me wonders if there just has been an increase in the number of women being raped in our country. The reality is probably a combination of both.Read more

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