View: How the state failed in Hathras

By Anjana MenonIn just a fortnight, Hathras district in Uttar Pradesh has reinforced everything that is wrong with India’s most populous state in particular, and India in general, and how things may never get better. Rapes and atrocities, especially against ‘lower castes’, assaults and violence are not new to this region or country. But it’s the utter disregard to rule of law that has