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I am a soon to be traveller (first time) to India and i've been reading the various stories on this site. This is shocking on so many levels i don't know where to begin. Yes, we have rape in Australia but it's comparitively rare and firmly against culture. I wish you the best in changing the culture over there. Any male with an ounce of dignity should have their voices heard on this.

I can feel the pain of victim, but don't blame all the male sex. It is pointless. The crime doer should be punished. Rape does occur everywhere, the point is, women should take proper precaution and read the environment, where she works.

Come on, why do these people treat us like this for nothing at all? There were reports of some girl raped by an elderly realtive (mind you, elderly RELATIVE) just for wearing lipcolor.

it's all happening just because of lack of awareness on the part of the women involved in the cases. Knowing rights, raising voice at the right platform and being confident is all that'll help do away with the menace.

it's all happening just because of lack of awareness on the part of the women involved in the cases. Knowing rights, raising voice at the right platform and being confident is all that'll help do away with the menace.

It is going on becouse of not our society ,due to lackness of law and government .If there will be any serious punishment which create fear in criminal mind then they think twice to do that kind crime . There should be the deffrent court in which the women/girl should allowe to give punishment to the culprit and punishment should be as much as horrible so that other criminal scared to do that kind of crime.

It is going on becouse of not our society ,due to lackness of law and government .If there will be any serious punishment which create fear in criminal mind then they think twice to do that kind crime . There should be the deffrent court in which the women/girl should allowe to give punishment to the culprit and punishment should be as much as horrible so that other criminal scared to do that kind of crime.

i hate the doctors who rejected to treat u, ruby..

thats depand on particular women..................

Good One.. waiting for some more

Good Keep it up....

nice article written.. keep it up

we r all there yaar! men n women r equal!! dunno wen tis truth ll be realised by everyone in tis society!! In olden days, women were worshipped and she was treated well.. in tis technologically advanced world, everything is improving except fot the status of women!! all these people who do such crimes should be punished severely , immediately without any hesitation... rite now she needs care and understanding... should help her get back to normal state.. we should all support her.. help her establish herself!

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Ruby...you are not alone....we are with you.....

I want to extend all the support that i can to Ruby. I do not know what to say or how to explain it. But, i feel that so many people's mentality still has not changed and it is this egotism of man and the desire to supress women's freedom of choice, movement and freedom to LIVE.... It is a very cowardly act done by someone who is rejected to react in this absolutely disgusting fashion. This incident inspires me to be much stronger as a woman and i will go to any extent to stick to my freedom and fight for it, be it any way. I would like to tell ruby to not let this one incident screw her life, rather that man's life should be should be screwed. Such f******* cowards should be castrated in public! I feel very strongly about this!

Are Women Safe Anyplace: I live in WV, which has the highest child death by maltreatment rate of any U.S. state. I'm a therapist in a children's mental health program and I so report that women who fail to protect are usually victims themselves. Robert Eggleton "Rarity from the Hollow" (my new novel)

we all r wid u ruby !!!!!

I am so sorry for what that poor woman went through. I too was raped at 9 years old and still have difficulty so this article hit me really hard. My prayers are with you.

I am so sorry for what that poor woman went through. I too was raped at 9 years old and still have difficulty so this article hit me really hard. My prayers are with you.

I am so sorry for what that poor woman went through. I too was raped at 9 years old and still have difficulty so this article hit me really hard. My prayers are with you.

Not only Delhi, women generally are not very safe anywhere. As long as man believes SEX as the way to conquer a woman, women are not safe. There are so many rapes taking place, some reported and some unreported. Besides, on the pretext of marrying, using the girl and throwing out them for another girl is also going on. In all these cases, it is the VICTIM who is blamed and the culprit goes scot free. complaints are not lodged for avoiding stigma. tha is the escape route for rapists. We should assure the rape victims, physical violation is not out of her choice. She should not feel lost because she has not lost anything until she believes she has. Stand up, fight, send the animal to jail. To this end, we should stand by the victims. She needs counselling, understanding, care and love. let us give her all that.

i m speechless.i have done many serveys between my fellow students abt rape and given many sppeches but today in this situation after seeing the brutality of man i m unable to say anything.ya but one thing 4 any type of support i m ready.4 anything,anytime.....whenever any help is required just send me a mail........

hi ruby i am with u and we all r with u :) come and fight 4 u rights ok come on :)

NO GIRL IN DELHI IS SAFE... i read this article and made my mind to write something in this column and encourage the girl..but how helpful this is going to b for her?evry time such incident take place n evry time ppl give their views and try to encourage the victim..but think abt it..is this enough?? i ud say a BIG NO!!our government and the whole society need to awake and genuinly try to help such ppl and punish the culprits instead of making evry step a big challenge for the ones who gather courage and decide to fight for their right... come lets all join our hands and do something to protect our sister,our daughter,mother,wife and our friends....coz who knows? the next victim cud b from ur family...

first of let me answer first query tht girls are safe in dlehi or not i must say they r not safe in any society where this modern media is influencial wht ur media propagate sex sex and just sex ur movies ur dramas all are instrmuental and awakining sexual feeling in male part of this soceity so wht u ppl expect wht r u children learning from their society from there schools frustration is building up by different means and when they grow up they find a way out by ruining there own and others lives now as far as this girl is concerned my humble wishes are with her now wht i personally wana say to her is tht B Brave and face the world don't b so weak tht others start ruling ur life God bless u

Good article, motivating public opinion towards banishing such crime against women is one positive step, indeed more such efforts are required .

Ruby! you are not alone, we are with u.

d entire thing tells me one thing women r still weak..are we really weak???????????no not at all...ruby u dear n need to fight ...fight for ur right,ur dignity,ur honour...being mentally unstable will do nothin apart from ur own loss....will it effect dose shitty people in any way...i dont know how many ruby's have made their life miserable because of this...its ultimately who they suffer..has men changed?????? no ,a big no...girls u need to fight ..sitting back home and brooding over wat a men did to u will yield no result.get up and fite nd let all d bloody males in this world know that we women are not weak....

Puja we need more people like u who create awareness of such matters,which are usually handled silently,in any case the weak are the ones who suffer,unfortunatley ,women and children in such cases ,on our countries women and children are forced to being weak,becuase we have not been endowed with enough rights or laws protecting us.Even if these rights or laws do exsist they havent been obeyed or followed.This male dominated society exsists all around the world but we hear most commonly about it here in our lands and countries.In pakistan almost the same thing happened with Mukhtaran Bibi ,she was gagn raped in a remote village by the village authorities as an act of punishment for nothing,just beco her little brother was seen walking with a girl ,she was raped and paraded all around the town.In pakistan no one did anything about,it,luckily she was brave enough to speak up and search for some hope,she was offerred helped by USA WOMENS rights,she got her help ,but when she tried to leave the country,our government refused to give her leave,because she might cause our country to get a bad name!Such are the authorities,they care more about thier fake stati ,and fake useless respect,rather then stopping such crimes from happening to the women of thier own country.Thats not even it,after a few months the rapist where set free??can u believe that .In our countries our presidents have dont nothing for women,havent given a damn about the women of thier country,They think making some little ,underpaid institues was enough??they need to make laws and they need to announce those laws on radios and televisions for the public to hear.For the men to know that if they dare to do such things ,they will be punished for it.There should be strict laws protecting women .there should be a womens protection facility in every town or city ,and it should be well paid and given priority to.These institutes for women must be supported by security forces.If they could just do these things ,the disgusting picture of our lands might change.Women might be happy one day,one day women might be safe and one day they might be free.unless our governments and our presidents and the people in authority dont do anything to help Women ,theres not much Hope.Women need to keep on fighting ,and make themselves heard unless they are finally heard.There should be a public request to pass laws regarding saftey for women and children.These laws should be made publically.I hope Ruby finds her peace one day,we all can only pray.We can pray that may God give her the strentgh to move on ,and to be stronger then ever .

I am really feeling shameful as a human being and also as a male. But you remember,you have not lost your identity,ur dignity by this case.They are criminals.Crimals snatch money,jewellarry or other thing by power.They also did it with you by power.They should be punished and feel their guilty.It is only their fault,not your.Dont think urself demolished for them. I dont know u can get ur eye or not by eye replacement.But hope u can overcome the trauma and live a peaceful life.You have the every right to live a normal life. Best wishes of all good and sensitive human beings are with you. If possible,u can email me.I may not wipe ur sorrow but atleast I can share it. Hope you can restart your life in a nice way.

really, it is a very serious issue and we have to think very seriously on this.

Good article.

Nice Article. Really true said for Delhi.

i think that all of you should read JT Leroy. You honestly think that women are BETTER than men or vice versa? If you tel this woman that then she will HATE men, don't ruin another, wondeful, guys chances at being with and supporting this wonderful woman. NOT ALL MEN ARE EVIL, and women i am sorry but you can be pretty evil too, and spreading hatred of men, is exactly what men did to women and that mind set is exactly what led up to Ruby's and countless other women's rapes and murders and so on. So if it is wrong for men to do that to women, how is it not wrong for women to do that to men? Retaliation is pointless, justice is not, but you must know where the fine line between the two lies, or not just Ruby's life will be damaged but so will many others. I wish her luck in trial or whatever she pursues to get justice, but i do wish that she sees she is not alone, by race, by religion, or BY GENDER.

Don't let the assholes get you down. Prosecute to empower yourself. Robert Eggleton "Rarity from the Hollow"

Well it is indeed quite a reflection of the bitter realities with which we are living in this modern-era.

The prayers of your sisters in Ireland are with you and your fight for justice and equality. God will give you strength to carry on Ruby, remember you are loved by hundreds of thousands of women all over the world.

Women be it Delhi or any other state in India are not safe.All over the safety levels have dropped and the worst people to be afraid of are the law enforcement people itself.

No one can deny the fact that whatever happened to her was atrocious and highly condemnable. But at this hour i think she needs words of encouragement and lots of smiles around her. Only that can help her to get back to normal life. May be some professional course to be more proactive can help her to deal with the situation better. And there is court of law in the country and in this session itself a bill will be introduced in the parliament that will empower women to fight there cases better in similar circumstances. Puja may be u can write a letter personally to the prime minister and president with the signatures of the victim asking him to make the bill a law. You can also ask all the people involved with u to endorse or sign ur letter to the P.M. Also organised womans groups can start a cell specially designed to take up cases of the women who are being harassed or molested by males. I think instead of isolating the case we can look at the larger picture and think what we can do to change the situation. There are cases of harassment in the government offices where in women are repeatedly tortured and raped by their seniors and they keep mum of the fear to loose their jobs. May be we can start good no of NGOS and encourage such woman to speak up. But we also need to take care that such woman get financial and social security once they have reported their cases. May be we can pressurise the govt to allocat funds for such cases through our local MLAs. Money can also be raised through common people. Or international organisations working on the cause. There are women who are forcefully dragged into prostitution. Later on they become hesitant to come out and speak because they want financial security as well. And security from powerful people who dragged them into it. So first we need to create an infrastucture that could give them the feeling of security. A good law alone cant do justice. Instead of crying and whining we should think what we can do to change the situation. And yes all males are not corrupt and u dont have to feed that in her head. And I dont see any reason why she cant marry now and have a normal life. Infact if she fights back the situation and becomes successful in life she may get many offers or may not feel the need of any offers at all. But there is no reason why she needs to feel let down because of this one horrible i ncident in her life.

Puja you are right, this incident tells that still we are not at all safe even in the capital of world largest democratic country, India. In fact it is the same story all around the country.

Men and women are equal pillar of any society. But it is a matter of concern that equality is not found inside or outside of our home. Something is needed to be done urgently that can stop these kind of incidents.

It is a very good article. You wrote realy very good.

The state of affairs in India is attrocious if doctors (whose life work is to help people) refuse to assist one of their own in her time of need. It is unfortunate that when a woman is raped in India, that same woman is blamed for her own "stupidity/promiscuity/etc.". I wish Ruby all the best in her recovery, both physically and mentally. The trauma of being raped can never be removed. In spite of that, I wish her a bright and happy future. Time will mend scars and dull the pain.

This is a pathetic story of a psychopath who has ruined the beautiful life of a girl.As much unsafe the world gets, women need to be aware how to "practically deal" with such men with wrong intentions.Ruby could have brought the news of the stalker to her higher authorites and refused to have shifts with him.There should not be sympathetic thoughts while reporting these matters.Let such men learn it the hard way, even if it costs them their job! These days companies are making every effort to ensure safety of women at workplace.Women need to be aware and sense unsafe situations.Refuse to get into unsafe situations.Ofcourse, the job of a nurse requires more dedication.But as we learn from situations like these, we have the right to refuse unsafe situations & practises.The rapist should be sentenced to imprisonment & rehabilitation.Before release, he could be observed by involving him in social justice causes where there is a similar situation like him.He could be asked for his opinion with explanation.This could be done to judge his sanity before release.Ofcourse there are scientific procedures present to even identify authenticity/fakeness of a thought / expression in humans. Only punishment does not justify this incident as mere punishment could result in more vengence and more likely to repeat the same act. PS: Prakash, that is an odd reply rather.

tooo Gud!