Although gruesome incidents of sexual assault shake the Valley, they are downplayed in Kashmir's political and media circles. The only narrative that seems to matter is the “Kashmir cause”. Even incest and rape get buried under that.
The Kashmir Women's Collective published a list of anonymous accounts of sexual harassment cases. This did not go well with many people on social media in Kashmir.
Our godmen remain quiet about atrocities against women because they know they are 'complicit'.
In our milieu, women are nothing more than a piece of meat hanging outside a butcher shop.
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Here’s what the government ought to do next to be taken seriously in this fight.
No apology will ever be enough.
The brand ambassador of Modi government's Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao is too squeamish to talk about crime against girls.
It fails to tackle the bigger problem: a culture that sees fit to gang-rape and murder a child to remove a community from 'their' lands.
Let's ask the right questions.
If geographical, social and political distances dictate our responses to crimes, the society has much to be ashamed of.
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