Exactly 14 yrs ago happened the brutal caste atrocity at Khairlanji. A Dalit woman & her daughter were paraded naked, raped & killed.
Today, another Dalit teen dies because of similar atrocity. And her grieving family is humiliated instead of being treated with dignity.
#Hathras
In the Khairlanji case, the Bhandara court had ruled out the caste angle. The Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court said it isn't the rarest of rare case.
14 years later, people are explaining what caste atrocity means to journalists on twitter.
#Hathras
The only one that survived the Khairlanji massacre was Bhaiyyalal Bhotmange. His entire family was wiped out. He died of a heart attack in 2017, waiting for justice as this story points out
indianexpress.com/article/cities…
Today, after the way the family of the Dalit teen has been treated, can they hope for justice? Sickening. Couldn't watch the videos @TanushreePande put out without feeling a knot in my stomach.
And please stop with the "hang the rapists" or "shoot the rapists" rhetoric. It is never a solution. Atrocities like the one in #Hathras happen because we are a society of Nero's guests.
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