Women oppose varsity curfews in ‘India’s rape capital’

Against the wall: Vikkam (left) and Subhashini (centre) speaking to fellow students while distributing leaflets outside Delhi University’s North Campus in New Delhi. — AFP

NEW DELHI: Twenty-year-old zoology student Rani Choudhary left her family home in Bihar for the bright lights and freedom of the Indian capital.

But like most female students in New Delhi she is barred from leaving her dorm at night except with the express permission of her father, thanks to a curfew designed to safeguard her in the city dubbed “India’s rape capital”.