‘This is unsettling for us’: doctor’s rape and murder spawns new fear among India’s female medics
Hospital workers say brutal attack in Kolkata has left them feeling vulnerable in place they believed they were safe
On Monday, Indians celebrated the Hindu festival of Raksha Bandhan, marking the bond between brother and sister. Sisters tie a “rakhi”, or bracelet, around the wrists of their brothers as a symbol of love for which the brothers in turn pledge to protect them from harm.
This year, the rakhi tradition angered Dr Sumita Banerjee, a third-year student at Lady Hardinge Medical College in the Indian capital, Delhi, because of the timing – India is still shaken by the rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor on 9 August at a hospital in Kolkata.
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