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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (97534)	1/6/2013 3:42:36 PM
From: arun gera	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218465

>But as they pointed out, if such data is not measured, we can draw few conclusions from false figures.> Homicide figures are also significantly lower...It is more difficult to doubt that.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (97534)	1/6/2013 4:24:33 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218465

There are so many people in India that rape is not a simple matter. Finding a woman alone, with a suitable place available to rape her, is not easy.... So you are saying that there is a dearth of public transit in India ? unavailable in daylight hours ... ? Do I need to post that Sidney Greenstreet pic again ? I am trying to lay low.. but you make it difficult Mq :O)

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (97534)	1/6/2013 4:41:44 PM
From: arun gera	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218465

>The local papers reported almost no crime. One reported incident was quaint by comparison with the daily horrors now reported in NZ.> That was 12 years ago. During this period, India has spawned 20 Fox (tabloid style) channels in various languages who play the same sordid saga over and over again. The print media has similarly deteriorated. The TV channels are continuously looking for ratings or TRPs as they are known in India. They have to play on the fears of their audience - the middle class indians, about 200 million of them. Due to job opportunities, aspirations, and general inflation, women are flowing into colleges and jobs, spending more an more time away from home and in company of men. In the previous generation they would be homebodies waiting for suitable match. If they had to step out of the house, they would be back before dark. Now they are working in call centers in US shifts, being transported from one part of town to another in the middle of the night. This keeps both men and women persistently worried about their young daughters and sisters. This partially explains the large turnout of both sexes at the rape protests. So the media keeps feeding this fear serially with a new story every few month. Typical stories are about a young middle-class girl killed/raped/or sexually harassed at the workplace. (there is never a focus on girls from poor families. In the US too there is a new "White Girl Missing" story about a teen every month until it fades away. en.wikipedia.org The comedian Chris Rock says that he does not see many "Black Girl Missing" stories.) Soon the girl's name becomes a household name as each case is studied in sordid detail for a few months. The journalists are well versed in the tradition of western media. So I have seen stories that are analogs for successful rating getters from the US. A case like Jonbene Ramsey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_JonBen%C3%A9t_Ramsey) was pursued where the parents are being depicted as suspects in the killing of their daughter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noida_double_murder_case). Another case about a girl who committed suicide when molested and later harassed by an Inspector General of police. en.wikipedia.org A few years ago was the case of Jessica Lal, a former model. en.wikipedia.org -Arun