/tags/india/ Recent content in India on Musafir's Musings Hugo en-us Fri, 28 Dec 2012 20:37:00 -0800 /posts/2012/12/india---violence-against-women/ Fri, 28 Dec 2012 20:37:00 -0800 /posts/2012/12/india---violence-against-women/ <div dir="ltr"> <div class="text-center"> <b>*</b></div> <div class="text-center"> <br/></div> <b>The Louts Call It "Eve teasing"</b> The young woman <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/28/indian-gang-rape-dies-singapore">victim of the gang rape</a> in Delhi died.  Sad.  And maddening.  Civilized nation?  Not. <br/> <br/> <blockquote> The 23-year-old – who was severely beaten, raped and thrown out of a moving bus in Delhi – died on Friday in the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/singapore" title="More from guardian.co.uk on Singapore">Singapore</a> hospital where she was being treated.</blockquote> <br/> The unprecedented public protests might force the government to take some meaningful action to curb despicable behavior, long condoned. But it will take more than government action to see a change in the boorish behavior of Indians -- especially, North Indian males. There has to be broad changes in the attitude of a society dominated by men whose mindset is decades behind.<br/> <br/> <br/> <div class="text-center"><hr/></div> <div class="text-center"> <br/></div> <div class="text-right"> </div> </div>