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To: Solon who wrote (1314)	1/2/2013 11:24:22 PM
From: average joe	1 Recommendation Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 2133

I imagine similar things happened to the women of Peor before they were left for the buzzards. Not one word of compassion for the living or dead from our resident Christian couch potato who believes he will ascend to heaven on a cloud of his own gas. India rape victim's family remembers brave, studious woman WARNING: This story contains graphic details CBC News Posted: Jan 2, 2013 4:47 PM ET Last Updated: Jan 2, 2013 10:40 PM A candlelight vigil for an Indian gang-rape victim who died in late Dec. 2012. Her family remembers the 23-year-old woman, who wanted to be a doctor, as very studious. (Amit Dave/Reuters) India rape suspects reportedly tried to run over victim India rape protests in photos Candlelight vigil held in Ottawa for India rape victim Badly beaten Indian rape victim dies in Singapore hospital Indian woman's gang-rape death prompts murder charges External Links Delhi rape victim's family: She was brave, full of life (Note: CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external links.) Before dying from her injuries, the Indian victim of a brutal sexual assault was studying to become a doctor, hoping to help others from her humble beginnings, her family says. "I remember asking her once, who are your friends?" her father said in a BBC interview broadcast today. ""And she replied, 'Dad, it's only my books I am friends with.'" In 1983, her family left a small village in a northern India state for Delhi, hoping to create a better life for themselves. During her 23 years, the woman rarely visited the faraway village, but her father said she dreamed of building a hospital there to help the people of one of the nation's poorest regions. Indo-Canadian organizes Ottawa vigil About 60 people gathered on Parliament Hill in Ottawa to honour the 23-year-old gang-rape victim and help raise awareness about violence against women. "By creating this event it's created a huge buzz and uproar within the community," said organizer Meenakshi Sharma, adding that the incident shook her and many she knew in the city's South Asian community. She died in late December — the victim of a sexual assault that has galvanized a country known for a culture of harassment against women and its sluggish legal responses — before realizing any of the dreams she worked tirelessly to achieve. Instead of visiting the woman as a doctor in a hospital, her father, mother and two younger brothers visited her as a patient. "One day, she held her mother and whispered, 'Mommy, I am sorry, I am sorry,'" said her father. Her brother spoke with her on Christmas, when he said "she gestured with her fingers that she was going to heaven." Sold land to pay tuition She always found a way to get what she wanted, her father said. "If she made up her mind to have a sweet, even the shopkeeper had to relent," he said. Despite being told he couldn't afford to pay for her education, she didn't give up. Finally, the family sold some land to raise money for her tuition. "I wanted my children to get the best of education," he said. His daughter showed her appreciation by studying hard and encouraging her brothers to do the same, saying she would only marry after they completed their education. "She studied day and night," said her brother. "We would not even know when she slept and woke up." 'She must never have imagined it' On Dec. 16, the night she was attacked, his sister called to say she would be late coming home, her brother said, which she did without fail if she anticipated being delayed. The woman and a male friend had been out watching a film and were coming home by bus. Six men attacked the couple, beating them, and raping the woman, inserting an iron rod into her body and causing severe organ damage. They stripped the pair and threw them off the bus, afterwards attempting to run her over, according to reports citing police notes on the incident. Her brother said he attempted to call her about an hour after speaking to her, but couldn't get through. Hours later, the family received news of their daughter's condition from the hospital to which police had taken her. "She was not scared of anyone," her brother said. "We could never imagine that such a fate would befall her. She must never have imagined it." cbc.ca