https://blog.ramiyer.me/tags/rape/Recent content in Rape on Ram’s blogHugoen-INMon, 08 Sep 2025 22:35:06 +0530https://blog.ramiyer.me/the-other-side-of-the-hyderabad-encounter/Sun, 08 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.ramiyer.me/the-other-side-of-the-hyderabad-encounter/<p>I met a friend of mine today, and heard an interesting perspective. A light discussion began on the Hyderabad killings, from her saying, &lsquo;I have started feeling that they could have been innocent.&rsquo; But in no time, one sentence led to another, and we were on the opposite sides&mdash;neither of us believing that the four were fully innocent, but at the same time, me standing by the Constitution and her standing by the police.</p>https://blog.ramiyer.me/were-the-hyderabad-killings-right/Sat, 07 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.ramiyer.me/were-the-hyderabad-killings-right/The first piece of text I read upon waking up yesterday was that the police had killed the alleged rapists of the veterinarian in Hyderabad. It took me a moment to let it sink in. This was like the films, where film heroes go about threatening criminals, &lsquo;I will take you down and term it an encounter.&rsquo;