Calling the Uber cab rape survivor Veera is as objectionable. She is not “the brave one”. Unless it is the name-givers’ contention that the very act of existence must now be deemed an act of bravery by an Indian woman, she is just a woman who went for a party and then went home in a mode of transport that she thought was safe. Besides, it’s offensive for the media to grant itself the right to give a woman a proxy name. The point of the law is that the victim/survivor gets to make a choice – to disclose her identity or not. Rape is horrific. It should repel us even if we know nothing about the person who has suffered the indignity and brutality of that crime; even if she or he chooses to remain “the nameless one”.
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 09:03:01 +0000
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