‘Reclaim the night’: Massive protests in India after doctor’s rape, murder
‘Reclaim the night’: Massive protests in India after doctor’s rape, murder
Demonstrators are demanding more safety for women after a trainee doctor’s body was found in a Kolkata state hospital.
If the accounts spreading on WhatsApp and Telegram groups are true, the incident is far worse than 'just' rape and murder. The lady allegedly found evidence of expensive medicines being incorrectly listed as given to patients, and then being sold outside. The attack is alleged to have been meant to silence her, and scare other employees from speaking out. After her death, the crime scene was disturbed by the college authorities as part of a 'renovation'. Her body was cremated after a post-mortem done in the same hospital where she died, possibly by the same people who wanted to cover things up. Her death was initially called a 'suicide', despite her having multiple injuries on her neck (allegedly due to strangling), ankles, wrists (due to being tied up and beaten) and female organs. Finally, yesterday an unidentified mob broke into the hospital at night and vandalised records, just before the CBI were to start their investigations.
Good point.
“Doctors nationwide are questioning what is so difficult about enacting a law for our security,” Dhruv Chauhan, from the Indian Medical Association’s Junior Doctors’ Network, told the Press Trust of India news agency. “The strike will continue until all demands are formally met.”
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Stupid question perhaps, but why is the sign in English?
English is the lingua franca of India. If the signs were in Bengali, only people from West Bengal and nearby states would be able to read it.
India was a British colony for a long-ass time. English is the second most known language in India behind Hindi. More than 10% of the population speaks at least some English. English is also prominent among more educated fields because many indians study abroad in the US and UK. On an article written in English it is common to use photos that readers can understand. I assume there were/are also Hindi sign that just aren't presented here.
Hindi is spoken by about 40% of the population.
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