India, July 18 -- About seven years ago on the night of December 16, 2012, the brutal gangrape of a paramedical student by six men on a moving bus in the national capital Delhi shook the nation for the sheer brutality and torture inflicted on the hapless girl.
The horrific incident followed by large public protests has led to a great deal of soul searching about the problem of sexual violence in India. Politicians, lawyers, women's rights activists, and an independent government-appointed commission have all made proposals for new laws, police reform, and public education. Even seeing the massive anger against the heinous crime, the government was forced to set up a three-member committee to suggest changes in the anti-rape laws.
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