Hi C'da:
I don't know much about Delhi, but to me every place could be dangerous, and Delhi might have been a relatively more dangerous place.
I heard in the radio this morning that in the parking garage in Galleria (an expensive shopping mall for the elites in Houston), 4 women were assaulted recently.
So, what do we make of it? Get it connected and make that being the reason of unemployment and slow development in some underdeveloped area in say, Idaho, or better even, in Timbuktu? :)
It is unfortunate that it happened - no matter where or to whom - but it happened to a woman.
>Why do you think it is going the way it is?
Because men that don't have any respect for women are everywhere? And that it is in the rise as the punishment for rape (7 years?) is not "good" enough? that they need to be caught and thrown in jail for life? I am not sure about death penalty, castratation etc., even though some of my women friends/acquaintance do recommend that sort of punishment too.
>And why did it take a 'phoren' diplomat's rape to bring attention to the >problem? Don't Indian women's plight count?
Yes, I do think that it brought more attention because it happened to a foreign national, and it is a shame that it happened first: to a woman and secondly, that too, to a foreign national. Moreover, it happened in Delhi - so it caught attention in TOI - it is sort of local newspaper for Delhi that just got famous nationally, isn't it? Excuse my ignorance, but thats what I think.
>do reflect the realities of Delhi, or of other major metro areas of the >country, then India has a serious problem that is getting worse by the >day.Not something anyone could feel good about.
Certainly not a good feeling, yes, for any human being. But it also reminded me of the horrible crime that little Bornali was victim of, right there in our own Guwahati. So, what can I say?
I hope that those two culprits are caught and punished heavily or else them and the other perverts everywhere, will not stop preying on women.
Good to see the web getting relatively normal - last few weeks have been terrible, it was hectic and almost no movement in the net, if you delete the messages that you don't want to read, that is. :)
Regards,
--A.
>From: Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Alpana Sarangapani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [Assam] Swiss national in Delhi
>Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 14:56:44 -0500
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>Hi A:
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>Look at the comments in:
>http://www1.timesofindia.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/opinions?msid=221367
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>What is so terribly wrong with the nation's capital?
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>I blame Delhi for a lot of the nation's ills. But in my case Delhi represents
>a centralized, imperial, obsolete and effete power political and
>administrative structure. I don't attack Delhi the city or its people. But
>the folks in the ToI comments site tell a horrific tale. If these comments
>do reflect the realities of Delhi, or of other major metro areas of the
>country, then India has a serious problem that is getting worse by the
>day.Not something anyone could feel good about.
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>And why did it take a 'phoren' diplomat's rape to bring attention to the
>problem? Don't Indian women's plight count?
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>At 1:10 AM -0500 10/16/03, Alpana Sarangapani wrote:
> > http://www.hindu.com/2003/10/16/stories/2003101603340100.htm NEW
> >DELHI OCT. 15. A 35-year-old Swiss Embassy employee, who was on her way
> >back home after watching a movie at the International Film Festival at
> >the Siri Fort in South Delhi, was abducted in her car from the parking
> >lot of the complex by two young men and raped in the moving vehicle on
> >Tuesday. Barely an hour later, two miscreants physically assaulted a
> >documentary film-maker in the same parking lot.
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> >Around 10 p.m. the Embassy employee came out of the auditorium and went
> >to the parking lot adjoining Gate No. 4 to get her car parked about 100
> >yards from the gate. According to the victim � a Swiss national � she was
> >about to get into the vehicle when two men appeared from behind. One of
> >them occupied the driving seat while the other pushed her inside and sat
> >beside her. The culprits drove the vehicle out of the parking lot and on
> >the way the one in the rear seat forced himself upon her. She offered
> >resistance and sustained minor injuries on the neck. After criminally
> >assaulting her and robbing her of a ring, the culprits released her and
> >abandoned the vehicle near Safdarjung Enclave. The victim, who was driven
> >around the city for about half-an-hour, reported the matter to the police
> >at 11.30 p.m. following which she was taken to a hospital for medical
> >examination.
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> >She told the police that the one who assaulted her spoke fluent English
> >and was well-dressed. His accomplice, who was at the wheel, also seemed
> >to be from a good background and talked to his friend in Hindi.
> >Investigations have suggested that the duo had gone to the film festival
> >and had apparently met the victim there.
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> >About an hour later, two miscreants attacked a documentary film-maker
> >while she was about to start her car in the same parking lot.
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> >One of the culprits held her by her neck, while the other unlocked the
> >door. When the victim screamed for help, the assailants beat her up. She
> >fell on the road and sustained a serious head injury. The assailants fled
> >when some guards and visitors rushed to the spot after hearing the
> >victim's screams. She was taken to the Apollo Hospital where she is said
> >to be recuperating.
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> >Considering the international ramifications of the two cases, the Delhi
> >Lieutenant-Governor, Vijai Kapoor, the Delhi Police Commissioner, Radhey
> >Shyam Gupta, and other senior police officers visited the spot today.
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