India a Dark Place for Women

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“INDIA A DARK PLACE FOR WOMEN”

By Nkechi Ndukwe

Horrified by the brutal gang-rape of a medical student who was riding the bus home in Delhi, India. Twenty-eight-year old Radha Bedi traveled to India in hopes of finding the reason behind harsh female brutality in India. In the 2013 BBC documentary Radha Bedi visits the victim of the brutal gang-rape as she investigates the reason for gender segregation in India.

The creativity behind this documentary is that a British born woman of Indian decent is exploring the cultural differences between how she was raised in a country with female independence and the suppression of women in India.     

Followed by a small film crew, Bedi roams the streets of Delhi to find an answer to the brutality of women in India. She visits hospitals and speaks with different victims of abuse.  Below is an example the brutality women in India endure, 

BANGALORE: A 38-year-old woman was brutally attacked with a machete in an ATM in the heart of the city on Tuesday, leaving her severely injured, police said.

The woman, manager at Corporation Bank, entered the ATM in which no security guard was present, to withdraw cash when the assailant followed her inside and brought down the shutter before threatening her with the weapon, police said. This documentary utilizes the Indian culture, music, and art to depict the rise and fall of women in India’s culture. This documentary is perfectly executed by having a combination educated historians and doctors that full explain the problems that this brutality  creates.