I don’t like raising this issue in one of my posts, because people don’t like bad things. Most of us prefer to read a story with a happy ending that gives some sort of good feelings, but turning a blind eye to the bad stuff won’t keep them away. These will boomerang with a lot of force. Therefore, I feel such things should be discussed and condemned, and ways to minimise and mitigate should be found out.

The gruesome murder of a 16-year-old girl in Delhi last week shook the conscience of the entire nation. The brutality and cruelty with which this heinous act was carried out is unparalleled.

CCTV footage showed a 20-year-old boy stabbing her several times, then kicking her a few times, before smashing her head with a cement slab. What provoked the boy was the girl’s decision to distance herself from him and go back to…