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What Does Caste Have To Do With Rape?

What Does Caste Have To Do With Rape?

Women's safety has come under serious scrutiny in ‘God’s own land’ following a series of rape incidents. The most widely reported of course is that of Jisha, a Law student who was barbarically raped and killed.

The nature of the crime is as horrifying as the Nirbhaya episode. But what pains the most apart from the crime itself is the media attaching the tag of ‘Dalit’ to the victim’s name every time that they post updates of the case.

What does caste have to do with the crime? Is the ordeal any less horrifying for a woman from any other social strata? Violating the dignity of any woman is an inexcusable crime. But it is the media which starts polarizing society with all these tags and thereby providing fodder to politicians who jump into the fray and incite passions even more.

Even the suicide of University of Hyderabad student Rohit Vemula would not have merited such attention but for the tag of Dalit attached to the incident and pretty soon, the likes of Rahul Gandhi and Arvind Kejriwal had jumped into action, trying to divide society further and gain brownie points.

Jisha is a daughter of India, who was violated and killed in a dastardly manner. Capital punishment is the only just punishment for the crime. That’s all that matters!

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