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What EXACTLY Are We Fighting For?

By Joanna Shruti Sundharam:The brutal gangrape of the 23-year-old girl on December 16th has sparked off several protests in the capital and major cities across the country. The government had been turning a deaf ear towards several important issues like the safety of women, low

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India’s Fight Against Rape: 20 Youth Tell Us Their Views

Every youth in the nation has an opinion about every aspect related to the Delhi rape incident. Be it the government's reaction or the steps taken for the victim's recovery, we have our voices and we MUST speak. Here are a few comments from Youth

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Saree, Burqa Or Skirts? You Still Think Rapists Look At THESE?

By Shweta Madaan: We live in a nation which is nothing but great. We are the citizens of a country which is one of the most civilized countries in the world. It is a land of great people who have always shown us the right

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I Am From A Small Town, I Live In Delhi, I Am Scared And I Have Questions

By Ojaswini Srivastava:India is the country where spirituality, religion, belief, faith, is most talked about, practised and followed. Oh, wait. Practiced? Really? Rape a woman and you are religious? (She is innocent, pretty, she wears what she likes, she is not physically as strong as you, and

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Does The Heinousness Of Rape Become Any Lesser When Nationalist Or Communal Biases Creep In?

By Karmanye Thadani: The burning issue of rape is one I have always felt very strongly about, and my mother, a film-maker, made a documentary titled Rape Compounded on this issue a few years ago, and in the process, she interviewed several rape convicts in the

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“To Hell With The System” : A Reply To Dhruv Arora

By Anshul Kumar Pandey: Dhruv Arora in his post From Punishing Monsters To Being Monsters: Let’s Not Conclude This With A Flipside on Youth Ki Awaaz has called the violent demonstrations at the Rashtrapati Bhavan and Vijay Chowk yesterday against the heinous Delhi Gang Rape case

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“This Is All Very Embarrassing”: An Open Letter To The Government Of India

By Pallavi Kaushal: Dear Government of India (GoI), I say GoI, because as a young Indian, I am unsure who my leader is and so I am unsure who to address this letter to. But getting straight down to the situation at hand, I am boggled

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The Long Dead Conscience Of A Nation, Finally Awake

By Shobhit Agarwal: I have seen and heard enough people give their opinion on the Delhi gang-rape case. The only reason I have waited so long to write something on the matter is because I was keenly observing the reactions of people. And after a comprehensive

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Animals Don’t Rape, Humans Do

By Joanna Shruti Sundharam: Rage engulfed the nation, setting its heart on fire, after the brutal rape of a 23-year-old girl in Delhi. It was tragic, unfortunate, horrible, painful and even inhuman, but was it animalistic? It wasn’t. Animals don’t have control over their reproductive