Why students are getting death, rape threats on Facebook and Twitter in India
Madhuri Bhattacharjee, an English literature student in Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), ******* her earrings. Her friend Vikas Kumar kept some onions in his bag. A**ther doctoral studies batchmate tied her hair tightly and wore sneakers.
They were all getting ready to be beaten up — by the Delhi Police. The onions were to alleviate the effects of tear gas. Madhuri and her batchmates joined about 15,000 other people, who*marched the streets of Delhi*last week, to voice their opinion against curbs on freedom of speech imposed by the Indian government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Read more...