Why the fuck is that word in quotes.
No, it’s a single word which could have feasibly been said by anybody involved in this story, and there’s no way to tell because the headline doesn’t attribute the quote.
It’s editorializing, not a quote.
If I’m right about your intentions, you’re attempting to portray the author and paper as minimizing what happened to the kid. That doesn’t seem valid at all, given that a) the entire article is about what happened to the victim and outlining the case, and not disputing her claims b) it’s literally in the article as a quote, just read the thing already.
I say this without a hint of irony or exaggeration, but literally every single news article I’ve ever read that has mentioned Uttar Pradesh, has been about a rape occurring there, almost always involving children. What the fuck is happening there? Is there seriously such an unchecked rape epidemic going on, or are UP’s rape cases somehow being overrepresented in their media?
It’s the most populous state while also being one of the least developed in terms of economics, education, industry, and institutions.
There’s inherent bias to what the typical audience is expected to care about, so yes, salacious stories will be what breaks through more, rather than say people deploying renewables or having a literacy initiative.
At the same time though, there’s way too much crime and exploitation going on, largely due to the reasons above. So it’s both.
To give some perspective on how overcrowded it is, ppl talk about how California would have the 5th highest GDP if it was a separate country. Uttar Pradesh would have the 5th highest population if it was a separate country.
Despite it’s high population, it has no industry except agriculture and doesn’t have a single large city. It’s largest city and capital only has 4 million ppl. Bangladesh has 70% the population of Uttar Pradesh but its capital, Dhaka, is over twice as big. And Bangladesh is considered rural and poor.
What’s the Indian government doing to stop this?
Checked and they were each sold for under $10k. The latter was less than $5k. Fuck me.
Could somebody familiar with Indian currency do an exchange rate? The converter I found said 5lak is only $.06 USD.
A lakh is 100,000.
500,000 INR is $5900 USD or 5200 euros.
I tried a purchasing power comparing website since goods and services are cheaper in India and salaries are lower. It says the purchasing power of 500,000 INR in India is equivalent to the purchasing power of $24,700 USD in the US.
