http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/30/a-village-in-muzaffarnagar-recounts-rapes-and-murder/?_r=0
About three weeks ago, deadly
sectarian violence broke out in the Muzaffarnagar, a district of the northern
Indian state of Uttar. Currently, cases of sexual violence against women which
happened during the rioting are starting to surface. The article states that “Two
hundred F.I.R.s have been filed and 800 people have been arrested, mostly on charges
of murder, arson and loot.” The riots have brought much crime to these areas,
and sexually violent and abusive attacks on women are one of the primary examples
of this. 49 people have died and 42,000 have been displaced since Sept.7, when
the riots began. This article focuses one a man who was displaced, Mr. Yamin.
Yamin went to join his children in a refugee camp in Kandhla in a effort to
seek haven, however his wife refused to accompany him, and she stayed behind.
During her vulnerable state, group of men armed with guns, sickles and swords
had surrounded Mr. Yamin’s house. Although she made efforts to escape, the men
raped Mrs. Yamin and then proceeded to bur her alive. Although rape is a very
prevalent issue, victims and their families are afraid to report sexual
violence during the riots due to the social affects attached to rape in rural
India. Mrs. Yamin was only one case out of many, but the prevalent injustices
are exemplified.
1) How does the economic and social standard of rural India affect
the justice of women and families?
2)
How does Mrs. Yamin’s bravery and refusal to go
to a refugee camp show courage similar to Gandhi's?
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