Nationwide protests have erupted across India following the deaths of two women from the marginalised Dalit community at the hands of men.
There are numerous stories around how the caste system originated - one being that it emerged from various body parts of the primordial being 'purusha'.
“And very often, because of their poverty, women are on their own gathering food or out in the fields … and because of their status being so low - socially, culturally and economically - they become easy prey. Professor Ghosh said the women are protesting both for justice for the immediate alleged murders, and wider systemic changes in India to combat gendered violence.
“Since 2014, especially in certain states - and Uttar Pradesh is one of them - the violence against women in general, and against Dalit women in particular, has risen and has been committed with impunity by higher-caste men.” Following the alleged Hathras rape, former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju sparked outrage after stating that “sex is a natural urge in men”.
“I think relationships of power and discrimination will always exist, because people in power have a reason to have those relationships exist, and they will do everything they can to keep those relationships going,” she said.
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