However, this incidence is being used to create a narrative of pervasive “rape” in Indic culture. The reported data says that rape in the Western culture is way more than that in the Indian culture. D. What about the Patriarchy in Indic Culture? E. Do the high ideals of the Indic culture represent the ground reality? But then again, the present day culture is composed of many centuries of coloniality and it is ignorant and shallow (if not ill-motivated) to blame the Indic culture and patriarchy for the crimes.

Source: The Hindu March 08, 2024 15:25 UTC