How free are Indian women? Why an issue about women?
Rape, gang rape, acid attack, harassment, dowry deaths, female infanticide, abandonment, eve teasing—routine incidents in 2013. In 2012, the nightmares were stingingly close to us in cities. In February that year, Park Street, Kolkata, irrefutably one of India’s most liberated downtown spaces, became the crucible for a brutal gang rape.
Rape, gang rape, acid attack, harassment, dowry deaths, female infanticide, abandonment, eve teasing—routine incidents in 2013. In 2012, the nightmares were stingingly close to us in cities. In February that year, Park Street, Kolkata, irrefutably one of India’s most liberated downtown spaces, became the crucible for a brutal gang rape. 
