India’s rape shame

The gang rape and death of an Indian woman and other incidents have turned the spotlight on the nation’s attitude to women, writes Claire O’Sullivan

NEARLY three months ago the world was shocked by the death of a 23-year-old following a horrific rape on a moving bus in India. The physiotherapy student was raped repeatedly by a gang of young men, penetrated by an iron rod, and had her intestines ripped out.

Then last week the world’s eye once again turned to the world’s largest democracy when a Swiss tourist was gang raped when on a cycling holiday with her husband.