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A Social Failure?

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As I write these words, the nation is reeling in a shocked mourning state. The nation’s capital has seen yet another brutal incident of a young girl being assaulted on a fateful night. Such shocking incidents apart from bringing into light our weak laws also question the very vitality of our own social fabric.  Where do we stand as a society? Have we collectively failed in creating a social fabric where people can live without fear, or breathe freely for that matter? If that night was fateful, there are million other nights where households across the country witness physical and sexual assaults within the confines of their walls. There would be thousands of women who would agree of having been molested within the four walled privacy of their own homes. There would be a million others who just bottle their emotions by accepting battering by their husband a mundane daily affair. Unfortunately today we live in a society where the hapless victims of crimes are more