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January 4, 2013

Rape Wakes India to Its Shame

William Pesek, Bloomberg

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India's much-hyped modernity isn't looking so modern. All the gleaming skyscrapers, software campuses and Bollywood gloss in the world can't hide the hold that the shameful aspects of old India have on the country. If India is to thrive and move forward, 2013 must be the year of justice.

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