Don’t punish the victim

In Times of India, CPM Rajya Sabha MP, Brinda Karat on the Scarlett Keeling murder being raked up in Parliament

The Scarlett Keeling case has received a great deal of attention. In Rajya Sabha, there was a sharp exchange of views on the case. A view expressed in Parliament that it was the responsibility of parents to take care of the security of their children finds resonance among some people. Indeed, the Goa government and its spokespersons have projected the case as a tragedy caused by bad parenting. They have said that if the mother had been more responsible, if the victim had been a “good girl”, then…
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Also, see previous posts:

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A Brazilian in Goa

Fiona MacKeown: naive, not negligent

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What her mother had to see

Another family’s search for truth

Who killed Scarlett Keeling?

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