Kathua gang rape: Artists on Instagram react to the crime in a quieter way
Updated On: 18 April, 2018 04:45 PM IST | Mumbai | Suman Quazi
Amid a flurry of acerbic Facebook status updates, artists on Instagram find a quieter form of reacting to the rape of an eight-year-old in Kathua


The eight-year-old's name floats about in your head like a fly - not so long ago, buzzing around insouciantly - fallen into a cup of tea gone stale and cold. A child, who would have perhaps stared at you with demurred confusion were you to read the chargesheet for her abduction, rape, and murder to her. "Myean beyni! Emuk matlab kya chu may wann te (My sister! Tell me what does that mean)," she would have asked in Kashmiri. The case sparked widespread national outrage, and social media was taken by storm. However, amid much of the hammering that has taken place after the Kathua rape, a relatively quieter means of dissent surfaced in the form of art on Instagram. Meet its makers.




