Moral policing, Indias ugly new reality TV

July 17, 2012 15:30

This time it's the molestation of a girl by a mob in Guwahati. But it could have been Mangalore, whhttp://commentary.rediff.com/commentry/add?cat=newsere girls in a pub were assaulted in 2009, or Bengaluru, wherewomen were attacked on the streets for wearing "Western clothes,' or Kolkata, or Delhi, or Mumbai or Gurgaon, all of which have seen similar incidents.

It could have been anywhere in India. Such events, and the cycle of virtual outrage and amnesia that follow, are a familiar part of India's recent history.

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