If you are not living under a rock then you probably know about the gruesome incident which took place at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital where a 31-year-old female trainee PG doctor was raped and murdered. The news has shaken the nation and a huge uproar is being witnessed by the country. Rimjhim Sinha who is a former sociology researcher from Kolkata’s Presidency University decided to post her thoughts in a Facebook post wanting to organise a protest against the same on August 14. Many users resonated with her thoughts which resulted in the post going viral.
Rimjhim Sinha’s Reclaim The Night Protests
The post garnered a lot of attention from women who agreed to join Rimjhim Sinha in the protest. The main aim behind the protest is to show that while India gained independence on the intervening night of August 14-15, women still don’t have true independence. In a report by News18, Rimjhim said that she thought that on the night of Independence Day when the entire India celebrates its independence, she would celebrate her independence as a woman. She will call for every person who belongs to a marginalised gender community to come forth and celebrate their independence and hence she had given this call. She further added how it has now reached far and beyond, and she is very overwhelmed by the entire response. Rimjhim also added seeing women coming out of their homes and even if they cannot stay for the entire night, they are making a decision to stay for two hours or three hours in the night.
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For the unversed, Kolkata is not the only city where protests are going to take place. People are also going to protest in cities like Delhi, Bombay, Pune and more. On the other hand, more gruesome facts keep being uncovered from the rape, murder case of the female PG trainee doctor. After much pressure, the case has now been handed over to the CBI by the Calcutta High Court.