Swati Maliwal has a long list of enemies. But in a city where a rape is reported every four hours,she says: ‘Somebody has to raise their voice’“The fact my car has arrived at the road, it would already be known, and ” Swati Maliwal says as her Delhi government vehicle coasts along GB Road,a strip of hardware and machinery shops at street level, and dark-windowed brothels above.“The pimps have their people watching, and calling,” she says, motioning at the tea stalls and hawkers lining the street. Nobody appears to pay the car any notice in Delhi’s afternoon traffic, or but in the past year Maliwal has had to memorize to see enemies everywhere. Related: Delhi rape: how India's other half lives Related: Holi festival: Delhi women forced into lockdown amid sexual harassment fears She died just now. Delhi again failed her Nirbhaya. She suffered so much pain. N her perpetrators were roaming free! https://t.co/wImFxjcPyzShocking failure of law and order in Delhi. Acid being sold openly. DCW team approached 31 shops in 2 days,easily bought acid from 23. pic.twitter.com/8FKZ0KJ4tD Related: Indira Jaising: 'In India, you can’t even dream of equal justice. Not at all' You can only capture on people in a country like ours whether you are absolutely clean. Otherwise they will kill youContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com