There is no need to contextualise Hathras. It is a standalone story. A warning, a trigger, a tragedy.
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This has happened before, this will happen again
What does that fire remember? The screams of satis
dragged to their husband’s pyres and brides burnt alive;
the wails of caste-crossed lovers put to death,
the tongue-chopped shrieking of raped women.
This has happened before, this will happen again.
—From Meena Kandaswamy’s poem
Trigger Warning: Description of Violence, Rape
Crushing Dreams And Livelihoods 
Demolishing Homes Of Poor And Minority Bulldozes Human Rights 
