On Saturday, December 29th, the 23 year old New
Delhi rape victim 'Nirbhaya' died in the Safdarjung Hospital, Singapore, after
a thirteen day struggle for her life.
Reading the newspaper today (The Times
of India), it sounds as though the entire nation has erupted into turmoil
as suddenly the issue of women's right's has exploded across the nation.
Although the incident was atrocious, it did push people to finally send a
message of "enough", and I have a feeling that, in terms of enforcing
women's rights, some things might change to help protect women more. I already
noticed that, aside from multiple articles about the victim 'Nirbhaya' and the
increasing protests, there are more reports of rape victims coming in from
across India. My guess is that this has caused a ripple effect, and by the time
the New Year begins, things are going to change.