"Disrespectful" Or "Required"? Bust Of RG Kar Horror Victim Sparks Row
NDTV
The fibreglass bust - titled 'Abhaya: Cry of the Hour' - shows a woman screaming in agony with her head thrown back and eyes wide open.
A bust to honour the junior doctor raped and killed at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital in August has triggered a row, with many supporting its installation but others, including ruling Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh, calling it "disgusting", "disrespectful" to the woman's memory, and "the worst thing ever". This is extremely disgusting and disrespectful.Letting the Criminals walk free without any remorse and allegations on 1 handAnd putting this disgusting statue up on the other?'Cry of the hour' my foot! Our country is beyond repair
The fibreglass bust - titled 'Abhaya: Cry of the Hour' and installed at the hospital and made by sculptor Bhaskar Sai - shows a woman screaming in agony with her head thrown back and eyes wide open.
It was installed Wednesday morning after a protest march by junior doctors from various city medical colleges on the occasion of 'Mahalaya'. This is an auspicious day that normally falls a week before Durga Puja and marks the transition from the inauspicious 'pitri paksha' to 'devi paksha'.
