Modern India is still divided by its shameful caste system
She had been beaten and set ablaze in nearby fields by five men from her village — including two she had accused of raping her in 2018
15 December 2019 - 08:52
Hindu Nagar — When the young woman limped towards shopkeeper Ravindra Prakash, pleading for help on a dark and foggy morning in the northern Indian village, her body was so charred he thought she was a witch. He grabbed a wooden stick and tried to shoo her away.
As she came closer, under the dim light of his shop, it took Prakash a few minutes to realise she was from his village, Hindu Nagar, in India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh...
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