In India, one out of two children have been victims of sexual assault. In our hierarchy of attention, rapes in urban centres matter more than rapes in rural India or those that are a product of caste-violence. Why are we outraged more by the violence that accompanies rape than rape itself? To spotlight these silences and society’s complicity in harbouring a beast in our midst, four women share their stories of pain, fear, protracted humiliation, a determined fightback, and triumph.
