Outpouring of grief in India as Dlhi gang-rape victim dies

Thousands mourn Delhi gang-rape victim with peaceful street protests

Thousands of people cutting across ages and social strata today took to the streets in peaceful marches and protests across the country to mourn the death of the 23-year-old gangrape victim whose fate triggered an outpouring of pent-up grief and anger. 

Hundreds of protesters, seething in rage and anguish, demanded capital punishment for the rape accused while others sought justice. 

Mourners, many of them carrying candles and black clothes pasted across their mouths, marched along the main thoroughfares of Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Bangalore and several other parts of the country.  Read More...