The fact that our government shouts "death sentence" and th… - Flavia Agnes

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The fact that our government shouts "death sentence" and the National Commission for Women ex-chairperson follows it up by calling for castration of rapists just shows a warped belief in a weird linkage between increasingly barbaric and sensational punishments and greater liberation for womankind. If only they'd look at mundane nitty-gritties.

Flavia Agnes

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Flavia Agnes (born 1947) is an Indian legal scholar and women's rights activist.

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