"What is most striking (from here) is the way the protesting groups (in spite of their varied stands on rape, rape laws, feminism and other political issues) are able to successfully portray themselves as a national collective with the full support of the print and visual media. The raped girl is also portrayed as an archetypal female victim, who cannot be reduced to any caste or community. All tags of identity are denied to her except that of the national. Though she belonged to an OBC (Kurmi) community - a fact that might have influenced her brutal end – this remained hidden till the day she died. Unidentified, she became the ‘daughter’ and ‘sister’ of the nation (and not of any specific community, region or caste). It is no wonder then that this evoked a nationwide response, triggering off similar protests all over the country." ~ Jenny Rowena
Posted on: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 20:26:04 +0000
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