This is just the tip of the iceberg, but I'm so very happy to see the mass social action and outrage happening...hopefully the tide is turning in the favor of justice for these children and young women.
The positive turn in her condition did little to dampen the ire of protesters who rallied at the hospital.
Among them was 34-year-old businessman Zia Choudhary. "We are angry ... Every four hours, news is coming that there is a rape," he said. "This kills our souls."
The Asian Age newspaper that the society had to "interrogate" itself. "It is not enough to take the authorities and the police to task," it said. "What's the point of getting worked up and passing new laws if police and society do not step in to check this malady, which demeans us as a people."
As the Delhi case draws headlines, a 4-year-old rape victim is reported to be in critical condition four days after being attacked in the state of Madhya Pradesh. The cases highlight a disturbing trend that increasingly places children — especially poor children — at the center of sexual violence in India, and at the mercy of predators.
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
