Sir, India has reinforced efforts to fight crimes against women (“Show the film, Mr Modi”, leader, Mar 10). Laws have been strengthened and courts have fast-tracked cases. The recent budget has doubled the funding for programmes to empower women and enhance their security.
India’s constitutional provisions for women’s equality and dignity date back 65 years, earlier than in some more advanced countries that are not in the kind of flux you see in India.
Your columns have recently carried reports on sexual crimes against thousands of girls; but there have not been documentary films publicising the criminals, or their lawyers, or the attitudes of authorities tasked with protection. Also, media networks have not broadcast worldwide the “shaming words” of the convicted rapists.
The differing approaches to such crimes are legitimate cause for complaint; by ignoring this you have missed the transformational processes under way in India.
Ranjan Mathai
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High Commissioner of India to the UK