‘When will this stop?’: India’s women demand freedom and safety after yet another rape and murder

A mural painted on a roadside wall in Ajmer, Rajasthan, condemning the rape and murder of a doctor in India’s West Bengal state. - AFP

BENGALURU: A Bollywood horror film showing to packed cinemas across India features a demon that hunts and kills “modern women”.

The headless bogeyman, the literal embodiment of patriarchy, targets women who work or study, wear Western clothes or simply use smartphones.