Also, I don't like the implication that there is anything particularly Indian about this. sh**t like this happens to vulnerable women all over the world, including right here in America. The only difference is that there are many more poor, vulnerable women in India. This girl was Bihari living in a poor exurb of Calcutta without a network of support, which made her vulnerable to this attack. And the men had the government with them which made them think they could get away with murdering her. In the first days, her death was ruled a suicide.
While thats true as a general statement, Indian certainly has more problems, than, say, all Buddhist countries. Culture does play a role in this.
She did live with her family, so she wasnt
totally without a network. But yea, poor, minority background is of course a major risk factor.
That the doctors refused to tranfer her to a burns unit is disgusting.
On a side note: Has West Bengal ever had a non-horrible government? What is it about the state, that makes it elect truely vile people as chief ministers. Poverty alone cant explain it.
