The medical community recently endured a heartbreaking tragedy with the brutal rape and murder of a young medical student in Kolkata. The tragic event at R G Kar Medical College in Kolkata is particularly distressing. While the reasons behind it may be complex-whether linked to a drug racket, a personal vendetta, or even the accused's questionable history as a womanizer and porn addict-the fact remains that justice appears elusive. There is a troubling sense that evidence has been tampered with and political influence is shielding the guilty. It's time for society to awaken. She could have been anyone's daughter. How can a woman be treated this way, especially in a country like India, where it is said, "यत्र नार्यस्तु पूज्यन्ते रमन्ते तत्र देवताः" ("where women are honored, divinity blossoms")? This incident painfully reminds us of the disrobing of Draupadi in the Mahabharata. In that moment of distress, Lord Krishna intervened to save her.
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