Two years after Delhi gangrape, the pain lingers on

December 16, 2014 10:26 am | Updated September 23, 2017 12:51 pm IST

Two years after a 23-year-old was gang-raped on a bus, little seems to have changed in Delhi. The convicts are hopeful of reprieve and her parents still await justice. As for women, the situation remains the same if not worse.

>Post December 16, safety challenges persist

challenges pertaining to the safety of the average female Delhiite making use of public transportation are evidently yet to be overcome.

>Convicts ‘hopeful’ of reprieve

Their families see the media as “the culprit” which pushed their sons to trial even before their arrest

> My life ended after losing her, says Nirbhaya’s mother

“Hundreds of people come and ask me how I have moved on after her death. I haven’t; my life ended after losing her.”

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