Hi A: Look at the comments in: http://www1.timesofindia.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/opinions?msid=221367
What is so terribly wrong with the nation's capital? I blame Delhi for a lot of the nation's ills. But in my case Delhi represents a centralized, imperial, obsolete and effete power political and administrative structure. I don't attack Delhi the city or its people. But the folks in the ToI comments site tell a horrific tale. If these comments do reflect the realities of Delhi, or of other major metro areas of the country, then India has a serious problem that is getting worse by the day.Not something anyone could feel good about. Why do you think it is going the way it is? And why did it take a 'phoren' diplomat's rape to bring attention to the problem? Don't Indian women's plight count? c-da At 1:10 AM -0500 10/16/03, Alpana Sarangapani wrote: > http://www.hindu.com/2003/10/16/stories/2003101603340100.htm NEW >DELHI OCT. 15. A 35-year-old Swiss Embassy employee, who was on her way >back home after watching a movie at the International Film Festival at >the Siri Fort in South Delhi, was abducted in her car from the parking >lot of the complex by two young men and raped in the moving vehicle on >Tuesday. Barely an hour later, two miscreants physically assaulted a >documentary film-maker in the same parking lot. > >Around 10 p.m. the Embassy employee came out of the auditorium and went >to the parking lot adjoining Gate No. 4 to get her car parked about 100 >yards from the gate. According to the victim � a Swiss national � she was >about to get into the vehicle when two men appeared from behind. One of >them occupied the driving seat while the other pushed her inside and sat >beside her. The culprits drove the vehicle out of the parking lot and on >the way the one in the rear seat forced himself upon her. She offered >resistance and sustained minor injuries on the neck. After criminally >assaulting her and robbing her of a ring, the culprits released her and >abandoned the vehicle near Safdarjung Enclave. The victim, who was driven >around the city for about half-an-hour, reported the matter to the police >at 11.30 p.m. following which she was taken to a hospital for medical >examination. > >She told the police that the one who assaulted her spoke fluent English >and was well-dressed. His accomplice, who was at the wheel, also seemed >to be from a good background and talked to his friend in Hindi. >Investigations have suggested that the duo had gone to the film festival >and had apparently met the victim there. > >About an hour later, two miscreants attacked a documentary film-maker >while she was about to start her car in the same parking lot. > >One of the culprits held her by her neck, while the other unlocked the >door. When the victim screamed for help, the assailants beat her up. She >fell on the road and sustained a serious head injury. The assailants fled >when some guards and visitors rushed to the spot after hearing the >victim's screams. She was taken to the Apollo Hospital where she is said >to be recuperating. > >Considering the international ramifications of the two cases, the Delhi >Lieutenant-Governor, Vijai Kapoor, the Delhi Police Commissioner, Radhey >Shyam Gupta, and other senior police officers visited the spot today. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Assam mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > >To unsubscribe or change options: >http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam To unsubscribe or change options: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam
