Proceduralising Violence

Sickened to the pit of the stomach. From god-men-rapists 1 to MLA-but-not-public-servant-rapists 2 walking free to the casualised, state-sanctioned humiliations of rape victims when they protest, the forced unveilings of Muslim women 3 are brushed off by our prabhari log as routine aggressive-governance 4 or a joke 5 with excuses ready on a silver platter 6 to defend them and the domination of…