Advertisement
Puja  Changoiwala
Puja Changoiwala

Bilkis Bano watched a Hindu mob kill her child then gang-rape and murder her family in the 2002 riots in Gujarat, India. Now at the end of her long fight for justice, she’s sometimes not sure which was worse – the crime or the trial.

Four women are raped every hour in India, recently named the world’s most dangerous place for women. And for transgender women, it’s even worse.

A new law is aimed at stopping self-styled holy men from murdering and mutilating children to gain divine favour, but widespread ignorance and blind devotion still fuel the ritualistic killings.

Advertisement
Related Topics
IndiaReligion