The talking heads yapped on TV, hurling at each other old injustices that have become names and incidents. Like Kamduni, Suzette Jordan, Tapasi Malik, Bantala. The clock ticked towards India’s 78th Independence Day.
The women of Bengal hit the streets to say they had had enough.
The anger over the brutal rape and murder of a young doctor at one of Bengal’s oldest government run medical college and hospitals, RG Kar, was palpable. The anger has been building with each new shocking revelation being reported.
The protests show that anger has reached a tipping point. Cops allegedly set up barricades at various points in the city. But neither the rains nor the police barricades could dent the spirit of the people to reclaim the night.
Rimjhim Singha, the initiator of the movement, joins protesters in Jadavpur, raises slogans against Bengal govt and Calcutta Police
Students of Calcutta University and Presidency University walk down the College Street tramlines saying 'Ar Noye RG Kar’
Protesters gather at the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
Protestors slowly start to throng Behala’s Sakherbazar crossing at 11 pm
Local residents in Kolkata’s Rashbehari set up placards banners for the night ahead
Waves of people hit the busy Sonarpur junction to demand justice
Hundreds gather around the 'Big Ben' at Lake Town, Kolkata
Hundreds of protestors occupy the Jadavpur 8B bus stand
Partha MadhuTeen school goers participating in the protest at Academy of Fine Arts
Protesters raise slogan at Ruby crossing, one of the busiest junctions of the city
Traffic to a standstill as citizens flood garia junction to extend their solidarity. A protestor says that the names of the real perpetrators have come up yet they are being protected
Protestors march along the Diamond Harbour Road near Parnasree, Behala
Waves of people hit Shyamabazar five point crossing to demand justice