Blog | A Doctor's Rape-Murder And The Calcutta Chromosome

It has been 28 days since a 31-year-old doctor was found raped and murdered in a seminar hall of Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. And the City of Joy, known to be laid back and hopelessly romantic, is wide awake and angry.

There has been a protest every day for the past four weeks in one or more corners of West Bengal. Lawyers, teachers, doctors, actors - no section of the society has been untouched by the outrage, and the cry for justice.

From children reciting slogans to the elderly holding hands with their sons and daughters in protest rallies, people from every age group have left their drawing rooms and come out on the streets. Age, gender, class, political inclinations - all lines have blurred in this mass movement.