--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason wrote: > > > > The death of innocence in India
Or, "The Innocence That Never Was". Thanks for posting, grim statistics indeed. > > Express News Service - NEW DELHI > > 30th December 2012 10:12 AM > > We call her Mother India. Yet, a survey conducted by > 'Thomson Reuters' Trust' reveals that India is at par with > Afghanistan, Congo and Somalia as one of the world's most > dangerous places for women. In 2004, a woman was raped every > 54 minutes. Today, it is every 20 minutes -- with 26,280 > rapes a year. National Crime Records Bureau statistics > showed that between 1953 and 2011, rape is India's fastest > growing crime: thrice more than all cognisable offences, > growing three-and-a-half times faster than murder. > > As the Indian woman becomes more aware, educated and > employed, the resentment against her in a society governed > by patriarchal values has grown. Delhi, the national > showpiece whose citizens spend the most among other cities, > and on which Rs 28,054 crore was splurged on upgradation > ahead of the controversial Commonwealth Games, is also > India's rape capital with 572 cases reported in 2011, around > 1.8 times more than Mumbai. The number has gone up to 635 > this year -- a rape every 14 hours. > > newindianexpress.com/nation/article1400249.ece >
