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10/01/2013

Father of Indian Rape Victim

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The father of Indian gang rape victim re-lives his last conversation with his daughter

The father of the young woman who was gang raped and murdered in Delhi re-lives his last conversation with his daughter

The gang rape and murder of a student in south Delhi shocked India to the core, triggering a wave of protests and demands for change in society's attitude towards women. Behind the protest and the politics lies a very personal tragedy. Outlook went to her home village, and spoke to her father to find out more about the woman whose death has become an international news story.

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Picture: Indian students in Amritsar join in the national outpouring of protest at the gang rape and murder of a young woman in Delhi.
Picture Credit: Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images

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