Post the sentencing of the accused of the Biklis bano gangrape in a Mumbai High court, television channels were now beaming the hows and whats of the full fledged torture undergone by Bano—the 6 month pregnant woman in her late twenties from Godhra on how she was raped by over 17 men and that she applauds the served justice.
Accompanied by husband and her now five year old kid who seemed to sit motionless in one frame while jumping in the other, Bano belts out how she feels insecure in now vibrant Gujarat (as Modi proudly proclaims in all his rallies) blah blah blah...
This display of emotions numbs you. With TV channels now a commodity, the reality show of a woman, a minority one that too, conquest for her rights leaves you spellbound.
While I sympathise with Bano, I cannot but help feel like lashing out at women anchors interviewing here asking her to fill in the details of the rape horror..just signifies rape of a different kind.
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