Bhattacharya, Soham and Saha, Torsa

Making of a rape murder atrocity and the failed state of west Bengal - Economic & Political Weekly - 60(28), Jul 12, 2025: p.19-23

In the aftermath of the gruesome murder and rape of a doctor at a government medical college in West Bengal, junior doctors, civil society members, and general conscientious masses have staged a series of protests, seeking justice for the victim. This article looks into three specific features of West Bengal that enable an environment of subjugating “working-age women” and a “cruel but silent mechanism” that remains at the core of this current social, economic, cultural, and political system. – Reproduced

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