Is Delhi the rape capital of India or a victim of warped reporting?

Dilliwala

And that means I don't get to respond to the points put directly to me?

On which note -
Mods, suggest the OT posts be moved to a new thread.
I even have a title for it - "Delhi - THE RAPE CAPITAL OF INDIA" !
That shud bring in the eyeballs.

machadinha

No, just that it was nice to see everyone get back to reason & the chance of this spiralling on and on diminishing.

But suit yourself, it's a free world and all that.

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singsub

nadreg

All,

Please refrain from personal and attacking remarks in your posts. While intelligent and fair discussion about India travel is encouraged here, personal insults are considered trolling and will result in a ban.

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machadinha

Just leaving a note that this was originally a spin-off discussion to the thread Mixed marriage? Chinese/ Indian , for those who want to make head or tail of it.

singsub

i cant make head or tail of it.

first i see the tail end of the Chinese marriage thread deleted... and now i browse back after some time to find those posts at the head of a brand new thread.

bleh !!

singsub

i dont knwo how many times you read them before, but clearly one more reading would do you no harm.

i hope the mods dont take this one as a personal attack again.

machadinha

They were clearly moved to form their own thread as they were considered off-topic to the original one.

And it sometimes pays to give it a rest & not want to have the last word.

Dilliwala

Since you picked out only that one para, I take it the rest of my flaw-pointing-out in a long post passed muster.

No, I'm afraid another reading won't help, I'm sure my density? denseness? low-wattage is at fault here. Better you spell it out yourself, as I see that others have failed to comprehend it too (your reference/definition of cities with populations in millions as "small towns").

singsub

i have also been apologised-to, in this very thread, a few posts up north.
might i suggest, that you read the posts again??


and now, i will wash my hands off this issue, you can have as many last words as you like, you can defend delhi's high rape-rate anyway you want, construe data whichever way you feel like. have a good one.

Haylo

Unfortunately, rape tends to be a "behind closed doors" crime. However proactive the police are, before any deterrent can come into effect, two things have to occur.

1. The reporting rate must be high.
2. The conviction rate must be seen to improve dramatically. This is not happening in the UK, presumably it is not happening in India either.

Wow, that is rather harsh!

Nobody is defending the incidence of sexual assault, in Delhi or anywhere else. However, the point has been made that a high rate of reporting cannot be a reliable indicator of incidents.

What data? That is the point, people on this thread have been saying that no data has been provided to verify your assertion. I do not see sensationalist journalism as "data".

singsub

i didnt want to post here again.. but here goes.

http://www.google.com.sg/search?hl=e...G=Search&meta=

btw, if we cant trust the times of india and ndtv, then what can we trust??

Haylo

Singsub, sorry to do this, it must be my lucky night!

I just looked at the second hit on your list, and guess what it said in big letters, right at the top of the page?

The intention of this story is not to declare Delhi, or any other city, the rape capital.

Own goal!

shaleen

who told u this ????????? its very rare in delhi. delhi is among the places in india where the crime rate is least.

Haylo

Out of curiosity I looked at the "Times of India" 2nd July 2004 article, which singsub must have been referring to, it was listed on his page above. It is a huge leap of faith to believe what you read in the papers, but on the assumption that the reporting is correct, tourists appear to be far from the most likely of targets.

Travellers reading this forum will also be heartened to learn that the article stated that the majority of victims were illiterate.

None of which would offer any comfort to the Delhi residents who were attacked, but it does suggest that there is far less reason for travellers to avoid what has been reported as the "Rape Capital of India".