Alleged gang-rape and forcible cremation of a nine-year-old in Delhi is another devastating instance of dangers Indian women face. That she was Dalit matters, because it shows how caste is a brutal reality. Don’t diss ‘politicisation’ of such issues. In democracies, politics is the prime instrument for ensuring justice.
Don’t diss ‘politicisation’ of Dalit girl’s gang rape. Politics prime instrument of justice
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