To Speak Of The Unspeakable
This issue of Outlook is our attempt at a ‘Herstorical’ approach, where we have tried to listen again to stories of rapes as an act of remembrance and to bring to the surface again what has been submerged
In Violated Kolkata, Mamata Gets A Feel Of Civil Society Wrath
Public outburst of anger over the rape and murder of a junior doctor in Kolkata has left the Mamata Banerjee government puzzled, worried
Manipur Sexual Violence Survivors Face Erasure, Year After 'Viral Video'
After the initial uproar over the many rapes during the violence between Kuki and Meitei communities in Manipur, investigations now seem to have hit the snooze button.
Scholarships Are Precious For MP's Tribal Girls; They Became Bait For A Serial Rapist
At least five tribal girls in Sidhi district in MP were raped by a 30-year-old man, who used a voice-changing app to pose as a woman college professor offering them scholarships
The Graph Of Rapes In Jharkhand Keeps Climbing
In May, a nine-year-old girl was raped in a village in Latehar district of Jharkhand, the state which is currently placed third in the country for rapes of minor girls
In Badaun, Two Families Labour By The Tree From Which Their Daughters Hung
Despite global outrage at the gang rape and murder of two minors in Badaun, UP in May 2014, nine years later the case has not reached trial stage. The family continue to live in fear in the same village, awaiting justice
Thanjavur Gangrape Victim Betrayed By The Very System She Sought Help From
Can the police demand that a victim submit their complaint in writing? Can they refuse to register a crime because it occurred outside their jurisdiction?
Aruna Shanbaug, The Name That Should Have Been Enough To Protect Medical Professionals
On November 27, 1973, Aruna Shanbaug, a staff nurse at the KEM Hospital in Mumbai, was brutally attacked by a male sweeper, Sohanlal Valmiki. He raped and sodomised her, while strangling her with a dog chain
In Kashmir's Kunan Poshpora, An Allegation Against The Army That Refuses To Be Swept Away
In 1991, 40 Kashmiri women alleged that Army officers raped them. The case remains pending.
In Bihar, It Is Still Jungle Raj For Sexual Assault Survivors
From a mother who can't forget her daughter's injuries to a neighbour who keeps a victim's memory alive, the demand for justice for in Bihar continues
A Child Gangrape Survivor’s 12-Year Ordeal
The case from Sikar, Rajasthan shows how calls for punishment of perpetrators don’t always mean empathy for the victim
Behind Marital Rape, A Social Stigma That Prevents Incrimination
Survivors of marital rape face twin hurdles: a lack of legal framework to deal with these cases and the social stigma that comes with reporting them
The Many Phoolan Devis of Sheikhpur Gudha
How do the residents of Sheikhpur Gudha, Phoolan Devi’s village in Uttar Pradesh, remember her: as a survivor, a rebel, a leader?
Sexual Assault As Spectacle: A 'New Genre' Of Caste Violence In Khairlanji And Telgaon
On March 14, 2006, Latabai and her son, six, were paraded naked in a village in Solapur. Less than six months later, four members of a Dalit family were paraded naked; mother & daughter were allegedly gang-raped
The Burning Woman Of Unnao
UP has the highest rate of crimes against women, and the district of Unnao has seen some of the State’s most gruesome cases
Nirbhaya, The Constant Reminder Of Our Own Failings
The 2012 Delhi gang rape is reflective of a systematic failure to cleanse the societal malaise
A Collective Agony That Handwara Refuses To Forget
Muhammad Iqbal Shah’s 14-year-old cousin was gang-raped and murdered at Handwara town, Kupwara, in 2007. The family is still trudging along the long road to justice
Gudiya's Story: Of Dreams Lost In The Forest Trail
From a legal perspective, justice appears to have been served in the 2017 Gudiya rape and murder case at Kotkhai, Himachal Pradesh. But several questions persist
Diary: Let Bilkis Be
The lawyer of Bilkis Bano on the woman who fought for justice after losing 14 members of her family and suffering the extreme trauma of gang rape