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Ranjana Padhi
Ranjana Padhi is an author and activist based in Bhubaneswar. She has authored Those Who Did Not Die: Impact of the Agrarian Crisis on Women in Punjab (Sage Publications, 2012) and co-authored Resisting Dispossession: The Odisha Story (Palgrave Macmillan, and Aakar Books, 2020).
Why does there continue to be a disconnect between sexual assault and punishment of the perpetrator in India? We must recognise the potent nexus of political power, caste superiority, and muscle…