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Bengal’s junior doctors set up Abhaya Gallery to showcase three months of injustice and protests since RG Kar rape-murder

The gallery – set up at the medical colleges by the students – has items from the junior doctors' ongoing protest against the rape-murder of their colleague at RG Kar, corruption and threats

Nancy Jaiswal Calcutta Published 12.11.24, 12:39 PM

Junior doctors in West Bengal have inaugurated the Abhaya Gallery at their colleges to mark three months since the rape and murder at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.

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Abhaya gallery at Calcutta Medical College and Hospital
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This gallery, they said, is a way for them to remember the injustice and keep their voices alive in demanding safety and respect. The gallery, named Abhaya – meaning fearless, one of the names given to the RG Kar victim – is a reminder of the student community’s determination against any threat to their safety, the doctors said.

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Abhaya gallery at Calcutta Medical College and Hospital

The gallery showcases symbols that the junior doctors used during their three-month-long protest.

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Abhaya gallery at Calcutta Medical College and Hospital

Main items like a brain, broom, spine and a pot labelled “durnitir handi” (showcasing corruption) are among the most important symbols that students carried to different protest locations.

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Abhaya gallery at Calcutta Medical College and Hospital

These items showcase the students’ struggle against corruption and the threatening environment that has affected Bengal’s medical colleges.

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Abhaya gallery at Calcutta Medical College and Hospital

For these junior doctors, the Abhaya Gallery is more than just a display. It is a symbol of their fight to create a safer and corruption-free atmosphere within medical colleges.

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Abhaya gallery at Midnapore Medical College

By inaugurating this gallery, they hope to keep their concerns in public view and encourage others to support their cause. 

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Abhaya gallery at Midnapore Medical College

The RG Kar rape and murder case is with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and is under the Supreme Court’s review.

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Abhaya gallery of Midnapore Medical College

While they await justice, the students are using the gallery to in the memory of their colleague and add the importance of accountability in medical institutions.

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Abhaya gallery at Calcutta Medical College and Hospital
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Abhaya gallery at Calcutta Medical College and Hospital
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