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Video images of the sexual violence by a gang of thugs against a young woman in front of a bar at Guwahati in India’s northeast have been broadcast by TV channels across the country and gone viral on YouTube across the world. The horrific incident raises deep and troubling ethical and social questions about the role of the news media, the police, the government, the onlooking public — and about social attitudes in a changing society. A thoughtful analysis:

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article3650287.ece