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<b>Shuma Raha:</b> Misogyny unplugged

The girl in question is Gurmehar Kaur, whose father died fighting for the country

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Shuma Raha
Misogyny is so embedded in our society that a fresh manifestation of it ought not to surprise anybody. But when a 20-year-old college student receives an avalanche of hate simply because she voiced an opinion or two, one has to marvel at the virulence of the reaction. And shudder at the gleeful alacrity with which everyone — from politicians to celebrities to anonymous online trolls — jumped into the fray to land a punch on the girl. 

The girl in question is Gurmehar Kaur, a first-year student at Delhi’s Lady Shri Ram College, and the daughter of a soldier who
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