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India: Doctor's rape casts shadow over Kolkota festival
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10/11/2024
Kolkota's largest festival celelebrates the goddess Durga. But those angered by the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in August are using Durga Puja to protest.
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This is the most festive time of the year, but I feel I am in the mourning period.
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My name is Dr. Shobhadipa Chakravarti and I am a doctor in the city of Kolkata.
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During this time there is festivity all around.
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Usually Durga Puja is celebrated here, where Goddess Durga is celebrated as a symbolic
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work of women empowerment and people go around from pandal to pandal.
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And pandals are basically the festive installations of Goddess Durga, where people actually visit
00:36
to worship Goddess Durga.
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All the different pandals have different themes, which are usually centered around any social
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issues that is pertinent to the relevant conditions of the society.
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So the main social issue that is pertinent right now is demanding justice for Abhaya.
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The moment I walked into this pandal and looked at this installation, I am literally
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reminded of the horrific incident that took place on August 9th, 2024.
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We can see that the head of the lion is hung down in shame and even Goddess Durga is covering
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her face to represent how shameful this heinous crime had been and Abhaya is lying down in
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front of her.
01:34
Indian women are not very secure in the society.
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Specifically if I talk about the pathetic condition of my state, even our workplaces
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which are considered to be our second home are not secure.
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If the girls are not feeling safe and secure in their workplaces, then what can be worse
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than that?
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So it's two months already and we are still occupying the streets and we are walking down
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the streets in demand of justice.
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And probably in the entire history of India, this is the first protest specifically governing
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the women's security, demanding the women's security.
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This is the first protest that's longing for so long.
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Maybe we are fighting against a barbaric system.
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Maybe we are fighting against a corrupted society, but still we have to keep our hopes
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high.
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We have to keep fighting till the end.
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This spine actually reminds me of the time when we started our protest and we actually
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gifted an actual spine to the police personnel to remind them of the fact that they should
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actually keep their spine straight while chasing the rapists rather than covering up for them.
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I want a country where I won't be dictated.
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I won't be taught how to behave in public.
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I shouldn't be afraid to go out alone in the night.
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I shouldn't be afraid to go out without a male friend or someone.
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We want this society to change into a better one, a society where Goddess Durga is being
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worshipped.
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The women should also be respected in a similar fashion, otherwise there is no point in worshipping
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Goddess Durga and disrespecting the women.
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